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NOVITATES    ZOOLOGIOAE. 


Vol.   XXIV.,    1917. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE. 


H  Journal  of  Zooloo^ 

IN     CONNECTION     WITH     THE     TRINd     MUSEUM. 


EDITED   BT 


LORD  ROTHSCHILD,  F.R.S.,  Ph.D., 
Dr.  ERNST  HARTERT,  and  Dr.  K.  JORDAN. 


Vol.   XXIV.,   1917. 


(WITH  TWELVE   PLATES.) 


Issued   at  the  Zoological   Museum,   Tring. 


PRINTED    BY    HAZELL,    WATSON    &    VINEY,    Ld.,    LONDON    AND    AYLESBURY. 

1917-1918. 


CONTENTS   OF   VOLUME   XXIV.   (1917). 


AVES. 

PiOES 

1.  Western  Black-eared  Wheatear  obtained  on  Tuskar  Rock  (Plate  I.). 

C.  J.  Patten 1—16 

2.  On  some  Rallidae.     Ernst  Haetert       ......  265 — 274 

3.  Notes  on  Game-Birds.    Ernst  Haetert 275 — 292 

4.  Further  Notes  on  Anthreptes  malaccensis.     Ernst  Harteet        .          .  32.3 

5.  Notes  and  Descriptions  of  South  American  Birds.     Ernst  Haetert 

and  Arthur  Goodson      ........  410 — 419 

6.  On  the  Forms  of  Coturnix  coliirnix.     Ernst  Haetert        .          .          .  420 — 425 

7.  Scolopax  ruxticola  mini  (Plate  II.).     Ernst  Hartert           .          .          .  437 

8.  On  the  Crested  Larks  of  the  Nib  Valley.     Ernst  Hartert          .         .  439 — 441 

9.  Notes  on  Pheasants.     Ernst  Hartert   ......  442 — 452 

10.  A  Few  Notes  on  the  Birds  of  Yemen.     Eenst  Haetert      .          .          .  454 — 462 

11.  The  subspecies  of  Cyanopica  cyanns.     Ernst  Haetert      .          .          .  493 

12.  Further  Notes  on  South   American   Birds.     Ernst   Hartert   and 

Arthur  Goodson    .........  494 — 501 


HYJIENOPTER.X. 

1.  Chalcididae  of  the  Seychelles  Islands.     (Llustrated.)     L.  AIasi  .  .      121—230 

2.  Eine  neue  Trichogrammide  von  den  Seychellen  Inseln.     (Illustrated.) 

J.   J.    KlEFFEE 2.30 


LEPIDOPTERA. 

1.  Classification  of  Pyralidae.     SiE  George  Hampson  ....  17 — 58 

2.  Two  New  American  Moths.     Kael  .Jordan      .....  50.  60 

3.  Supplemental  Notes  to  Jlr.  Charles  Oberthiiv's  f'anne  des  fjpidopleren 

de  la  Barharie.     Lord  Rothschild.     Part  I.     .         .         .         .  61 — 120 

Part  II 325—373 

Part  III 393—409 

(Plates  IX,  X.) 

4.  Some    apparently     new     Notodontidae.     (Plates    III. — VIII.).     Lord 

Rothschild 231 — 264 

5.  On  new  and  insufficiently  known  Indo-Australian  Oeometridae.     Louis 

B.  Peout 29.3—317 


(  vi) 


6.  Notes  on  Captures  of  Algerian  and  Tunisian  Lepidoptera.    Victor 

Fauoult 3)8—322 

7.  New  American  Geometridae.    Loris  B.  Prout  .....  374 — 392 

8.  Description  of  the  Female  of  Troides  allotsi.     H.  M.  Peebles  and  W. 

SCHMASSMANN            .........  426, 427 

9.  New  African  Geometridae.    Louis  B.  Prout 428 — 436 

10.  Description  of  a  new  Arctiid.     H.  C.  Nissen     .....  438 

11.  Notes  on  Metanastria  digramma,  with  Description.s  of  two  new  Sub- 

species.   Lord  Rothschild      .......  453 

12.  On    the    genera    Melanothrix,    Drepanojana,    Melanergon,    Paracydas, 

Cotana,  Hypercydas,  Epicydas,  and  Nervicompressa,  of  the  family 
Euptcrotidac,  with  descriptions  of  new  Forms.     (Plates  XL,  XII.) 

Lord  Rothschild 463 — 474 

13.  Some  new  Moths  of  the  Families  Arctiidae  and  Eupterotidae.    Lord 

Rothschild             475 — 492 


INDEX 503-528 


LIST   OF   PLATES   IN   VOLUME   XXIV. 


I.     Photographs  of  Oenanthe  hispanica  hispanica  from  Tuskar  Rock,  Ireland. 
By  Prof.  Patten. 
II.      Scolopax  rvsticola  rusticola  L.   and  Scolopax  rusticola  mira  Hart.     By 
Major  Henry  Jones. 
III. — VIII.     Photographic  plates  of  Notodonlidae. 
]X.     Hybrid  Saturniae.     See  p.  372. 

X.      Zi/gaena  tMryi  with  larvae,  and  Z.  lavandulae.     See  p.  342. 
XI.,  XII.     Coloured  plates  of  Eupterotidae.    By  H.  Gronvold. 

fy^-     I       f^7'"-^'-     ^^^'     A,4.<a  ^t<->-  T-v-a-^-v-'fe  ot     ct^" J^'^^f-^-  JO, 

The  Parts  of  this  Volume  were  issued  as  follows  : 

Part  I.  (pages  1—323,  Plate  I.)  :    May  16th,  1917. 

Part  II.  (pages  325—438,  Plates  II.  to  VIII.)  :    August  31st,  1917. 

Part  III.  (pages  439—501,  Plates  IX.,  X.)  :   December  31st,  1917. 

Part  IV.  (Index,  Title-page,  Contents,  Errata  and  Plates  XI.,  XII.)  :  March  1918. 


ERRATA. 


Page  496,  line  l'5  : 
Page  355,  line  23  : 
Page  269,  line  38  : 
Page  355,  line  33  : 
Page  455,  line  37 
Page  77,  line  23: 
Page  407,  line  36  : 


'  atrinncha  "  should  read  "  atrinucha." 
'  auceps  "  should  read  "  anceps." 

■  carchinnans  "  should  read  '"  cachinnans." 
'  Schwerz  "  should  read  "  Schweiz." 

'  philarhyncha"  should  read  "  ptilorhyncha. 

■  naiina  "  should  read  ''  nouna." 

'  mamorata  "  should  read  "  marmorata." 


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NOVITATES  ZOOLOGICAE. 


H  Journal  of  Zoology. 


EDITED   BY 


LORD   ROTHSCHILD,  E.R.S.,  Ph.D., 
Dr.  ERNST  HARTERT.  and  De.  K.  JORDAN. 


Vol.   XXIV. 

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No.   1. 
Pages  1—323. 
Plate  I. 

Issued  May  16th,  at  the  Zoological  Museum,  Tring. 


PRINTED    nV    HAZELL,    WATSON   U   VINEY,    Ld.,    LONDON   AND  AYLESBURY. 

1917. 


Vol.  XXIV. 

NOVITATES  ZOOLOGICAE 

EDITED  BT 

LORD   ROTHSCHILD,   ERNST   HARTERT,    and  KARL  JORDAN. 


C.  J.  Patten      . 

1—16 

Sir  George  Hampson 

17—58 

Karl  Jordan     . 

59,60 

Lord  Rothschild 

.       61—120 

CONTENTS     OF    NO.     I. 

1.  WESTERN   BLACK-EARED  ^VHEATEAR, 
OBTAINED  ON  TUSKAR  ROCK  (PI.  I)   . 

:2.  CLASSIFICATION  OF  PYRALIDAE 

3.  TWO  NEW  AMERICAN  MOTHS       . 

4.  SUPPLEMENTAL       NOTES       TO      MR. 

OBERTHUR'S    FAUNE    DES    LEPI- 
DOPTERES  DE  LA  BARBARIE 

5.  CHALCWIDAE   OF    THE    SEYCHELLES 

ISLANDS L.  Masi  ....     121—230 

6.  SOME  APPARENTLY  NEW  XOTODONTI- 

DAE Lord  Rothschild  .     231—264 

7.  ON  SOME  RALLIDAE     ....     Ernst  Hartert   .         .         .     265—274 

8.  NOTES  ON  GAME-BIRDS        .         .         .     Ernst  Hariert    .        .         .     275—292 

9.  ON  NEW  AND  INSUFFICIENTLY  KNOWN 

INDO-AUSTRALIAN  GEOMETRIDAE .     Lottis  B.  Prout  .     293—317 

10.  NOTES   ON   CAPTURES   OF   ALGERIAN 

AND  TUNISIAN  LEPIDOPTERA .         .     Victor  Farouh  .        .        .     318—322 

11.  FURTHER    NOTES    ON   ANTHREPTES 

MALACCENSIS  ....     Ernst  Hartert  ...  323 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE. 

Vol.  XXIV.  MAY   1917.  No.  I. 


WESTERN  BLACK-EAEED  WHEATEAR  {OENANTHE  HIS- 
PANICA  HISPANICA),  ON  MIGRATION  OBTAINED  ON 
TUSKAR  ROCK:    A  BIRD  NEW   TO   IRELAND. 

With  Remaeks  on  the  Status  of  this  Species  in  the  British  Isles. 

By  professor  C.   J.   PATTEN,  M.A.,  M.D.,   Sc.D. 

(Plate  I.) 

IN  the  June  number  of  The  Irish  Naturalist,  1916,  p.  100,  I  published  a  pre- 
liminary note  to  the  efEect  that  I  had  received  and  identified  a  Black-eared 
Wheatear  (Oenanthe  hispanica)  *  from  Tuskar  Light-station,  Co.  Wexford. 
The  bird  was  collected  alive  in  a  disabled  condition  on  the  rock,  at  7.15  p.m. 
on  Tuesday,  May  16th,  1916,  by  Mr.  John  Glanville,  principal  keeper,  and  to  him 
I  am  deeply  indebted  for  his  kindness  in  sending  me  this  interesting  species — 
the  first  of  its  kind  from  Ireland.  The  earliest  intimation  which  I  received 
of  its  capture  came  in  a  letter  kindly  written  by  Mrs.  Glanville,  from  Rosslare 
Harbour,  dated  May  17th,  in  which  she  informed  me  that  her  husband  telephoned 
from  the  rock  that  morning  the  enclosed  description  of  a  bird  which  he  caught 
alive  the  previous  evening  :  "  Wheatear  with  black  throat ;  back  of  head,  neck, 
and  shoulders,  golden-bufE ;  lower  back,  white ;  central  taU-feathers,  black,  rest 
white  almost  to  tip,  outer  tail-feathers,  graduating." 

Knowing  that  I  could  not  receive  the  bird  until  next  relief  boat-day — a 
week  hence — ^I  wrote  to  Mrs.  Glanville  by  return  and  asked  her  would  she  kindly 
telephone  the  following  message  to  the  rock  to  Mr.  Glanville  :  "  Dehghted  to 
hear  about  the  strange  Wheatear.  Though  the  description  you  sent  is  brief 
and  general,  nevertheless  you  have  furnished  enough  information  to  enable  me 

*  I  published  a  similar  note  in  The  Daily  Express  (Dublin),  June  8th,  in  The  Irish  Times, 
Jirne  9th,  and  in  Nature,  June  15th,  pp.  321-22,  1916.  Time  did  not  permit  me  to  compare  the 
specimen  before  sending  these  notes,  and  though  strongly  suspecting  the  bird  to  belong  to  the 
Western  race,  it  seemed  advisable  not  to  state  so  definitely  until  a  comparison  was  made.  For  this 
reason  in  the  note  in  Nature  and  in  The  Irish  Naturalist  (where  the  scientific  names  are  inserted) 
only  the  binomial  expression  Oenanthe  hispanica  appears  :  this  being  equivalent  to  Black-eared 
Wheatear  generally,  the  race  undetermined.  But  knowing  now  that  this  specimen  from  Tuskar 
belongs  to  the  Western  race,  I  give  it  its  full  trinomial  designation,  Oenanthe  hispanica  hispanica, 
to  distinguish  it  from  Oe.  hispanica  xanthomelaena,  the  Eastern  form.  The  number  of  specimens 
for  comparison  which  I  had  at  my  disposal  was  too  small  to  afford  full  and  satisfactory  information  ; 
therefore,  to  be  more  certain,  I  sent  the  specimen  to  Mr.  Eagle  Clarke,  to  whom  my  best  thanks  are 
due  for  his  kindness  in  comparing  it  with  the  collection  of  Black-eared  Wheatears  in  the  Royal 
Scottish  Museum,  Edinburgh.  The  result  of  Mr.  Eagle  Clarke's  investigation  was  to  confirm  my 
diagnosis  of  the  racial  form  of  the  bird  from  Tuskar. 
1 


2  NOVITATES   ZOOLOOICAE    XXIV.    1917. 

to  say  without  hesitation  that  the  bird  is  the  Black-throated  form  of  the  Black- 
eared  Wheatear,  but  I  cannot  say  whether  it  belongs  to  the  Western  or  Eastern 
race  until  I  have  seen  and  compared  the  specimen.  The  Desert-Wheatear  has 
also  a  black  throat,  but  the  entire  tail  is  black  almost  to  the  base,  in  that  way 
quite  different  from  the  description  you  have  given.  Therefore  I  have  excluded 
the  possibility  of  your  bird  being  a  Desert-Wheatear.  I  am  glad  you  furnished 
me  with  a  description  of  the  tail,  it  has  been  a  good  guide,  especially  as  you 
omitted  to  mention  the  colour  of  the  axUlaries  and  under  wing-coverts,  which 
in  the  Bl^ck-eared  Wheatear  are  conspicuous  for  their  uniform  black  colour. 
These  feathers  alone  serve  to  distinguish  this  species  from  the  Desert-Wheatear, 
in  which  the  axillaries  are  mottled  black  and  white.  You  will  be  interested  to 
learn  that  this  is  the  first  time  that  a  Black-eared  Wheatear  has  been  recorded 
from  Ireland.  When  it  arrives  I  shall  wire  you  the  name,  feeling  confident  in 
the  meantime  that  the  provisional  diagnosis  made  in  absentia  will  prove  correct." 

On  Thursday,  May  25th,  the  bird  arrived  in  a  tin  box,  well  packed  in  cotton- 
wool. Immediately  before  being  sent  by  post  it  was  removed  from  the  spirit 
in  which  it  had  been  immersed  since  the  day  it  was  procured  ;  nevertheless  its 
feathers  were  still  quite  moist  when  I  received  it.  With  the  application  of 
gentle  heat  it  dried  out  beautifully  in  less  than  an  hour,  and  it  was  gratifying 
to  find  that  the  plumage  was  good,  and  the  epidermis  well  fixed.  As  anticipated, 
the  bird  proved  to  be  a  Black-eared  Wheatear,  and  I  immediately  wired  Mr. 
GlanviUe  to  that  effect.  Accompanying  the  specimen  was  a  letter  in  which,  in 
addition  to  the  more  usual  technical  data,  such  as  the  date,  locality,  hour  of 
capture,  meteorological  conditions,  etc.,  the  following  interesting  information 
was  given  : 

"  When  I  landed  at  9.30  a.m.  I  observed  a  number  of  birds  on  the  rock  : 
Whitethroats,  Willow- warblers.  Sedge-warblers,  Swallows,  and  three  Wheat- 
ears.  At  once  I  noticed  the  strange  bird  (one  of  the  Wheatears)  by  its  light 
plumage  and  by  the  lower  part  of  its  face  and  throat  being  black.  I  kept  a 
sharp  look-out  all  the  day  when  the  Wheatears  remained.  At  6.30  p.m.  I  caught 
a  Whitethroat  asleep  with  its  head  under  its  wing  ;  this  gave  me  some  hope 
of  getting  the  rare  bird.  I  also  met  a  large  brown  Wheatear  asleep  and  missed 
it  by  a  few  inches  ;  this  bird  also  appeared  strange  to  me.  I  next  met  the  rare 
bird  asleep  with  its  head  under  its  wing,  and  using  the  greatest  caution  I  got 
it  before  it  awoke.  The  third  appeared  to  be  a  male  Common  Wheatear.  J. 
McGinley  states  that  there  were  dozens  of  Wheatears  and  Warblers  in  the  rays 
of  the  lantern  at  2  a.m.  that  day,  the  weather  at  the  time  being  cloudy  with 
rain,  and  the  wind,  coming  from  the  S.S.W.,  was  blowing  with  the  force  of  a 
gentle  breeze  (F  3.  Beaufort  scale).  There  is  only  one  species  of  Wheatear  (the 
Common)  described  in  Morris's  British  Birds.  This  is  the  only  Ulustrated  book 
I  have,  and  so  I  am  at  a  loss  to  find  out  the  bird's  name.  I  hope  it  is  the  first 
Irish  record.  The  wind  had  been  blowing  from  the  W.,  S.W.,  W.N.W.,  and  N.W., 
for  six  days  previous  to  its  capture,  with  much  rain  and  fog." 

On  receiving  the  bird  my  first  care  was  to  take  several  photographs  of  it 
in  the  flesh,  and  then,  having  noted  the  plumage,  ascertained  the  weight  and 
measurements,  I  took  off  the  skin  and  dissected  the  body  without  delay.  The 
spirit,  in  which  the  bird  was  plunged  immediately  after  death,  fixed  the  epi- 
dermis splendidly,  not  a  feather  was  lost,  and  the  body  generally  was  in  an 
excellent  state  of  preservation.    I  made  a  first-class  skin,  which,  with  other 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOOICAE    XXIV.     1917.  3 

avian  rarities  collected  by  me,  -will  be  mounted  and  in  due  course  be  presented 
to  the  National  Museum,  Dublin. 

On  examining  the  body  I  found  strong  objective  evidence  that  the  bird 
had  struck  its  head  against  the  lantern,  or  at  all  events  against  some  object. 
For  the  vault  of  the  skull  was  deeply  indented  in  the  region  of  the  right  frontal 
bone.*  This  wound  was  surrounded  by  a  considerable  degree  of  haemorrhage. 
The  lesion  I  consider  was  quite  suflScient  to  detain  the  bird  on  the  rock  and 
to  cripple  its  muscular  activities  sufficiently  to  prevent  it  obtaining  food,  which 
consists  largely  of  insects  captured  on  the  wing.  An  examination  of  the  gizzard 
proved  my  point  to  be  correct.  For,  unlike  the  majority  of  birds  which  I  have 
collected  after  they  had  been  perambulating  all  day  on  the  rock  and  on  dis- 
section have  found  their  gizzards  to  contain  a  considerable  amount  of  insect 
food,  the  gizzard  of  this  Black-eared  Wheatear  was  absolutely  empty.  This 
demonstrated  conclusively  that  the  bird  was  too  seriously  hurt  to  hunt  for 
food.t 

In  connection  with  this  fact  it  occurred  to  me  that  it  might  be  well  to  wTite 
to  Mr.  Glanville  and  ascertain  from  him  some  information  regarding  the  demeanour 
of  the  bird  during  the  nine  and  three-quarter  hours  of  daylight  (9.30  a.m.  to  7.15 
p.m.)  during  which  he  kept  it  under  observation.  In  reply  he  wrote :  "  I  think 
you  must  be  right  about  the  Black-eared  Wheatear  having  damaged  itself  by 
striking,  as  several  times  during  the  day  the  bird  was  gathered  up  with  its  head 
under  its  wing,  and  its  feathers  puffed  out."  Here  is  strong  evidence  to  show 
that  the  bird  was  not  only  disabled,  but  was  in  a  sinking  condition^indeed, 
to  find  it  in  broad  daylight  with  its  head  under  its  wing  indicated  that  it  was 
seized  with  more  than  ordinary  sleep  from  fatigue ;  in  short,  the  bird  was 
dying  f :  hence  despatch  shortened  its  miseries  and  was  an  act  of  mercy.  In 
the  interests  of  Irish  ornithology  it  was  fortunate  that  this  Wheatear — new  to 
Ireland — fell  into  Mr.  Glanville's  hands,  as  disabled  birds  are  often  washed  away 
at  high  tide,  especially  when  the  wind  rises  and  the  sea  roughens  ;  are  frequently 
picked  off  by  Merlin  Falcons,  less  often  by  gulls ;  or  again  they  may  creep  out 
of  sight  to  die  in  crevices  where  they  may  never  be  recovered,  or  at  most  their 
fragmentary  remains  may  be  all  that  can  be  obtained  to  establish  their  identity. 
As  it  is,  a  splendid  complete  specimen  has  been  secured  and  photographed  in 
the  flesh,  the  body  has  been  thoroughly  examined,  and  a  perfect  skin  has  been 
preserved  for  the  National  Museum,  Dublin. § 

*  See  fig.  5,  pi.  I.,  and  p.  9,  for  detailed  description  of  the  injury  to  the  head. 

t  Flies  were  plentiful.  But  it  is  interesting  to  note  that  before  flies  appear,  uninjured  migrants 
(land-birds),  which  alight  on  the  rock,  will  feed  on  minute  marine  crustaceans,  vermes,  and  molluscs. 
I  have  proved  this  by  dissecting  the  gizzards  of  several  species. 

*  Many  observers,  and  especially  those  who  possess  aviaries,  no  doubt  have  noticed  how  cus- 
tomary it  is  for  a  bird  when  in  the  last  stages  of  exhaustion,  either  from  disease,  starvation,  or  injury, 
to  puff  out  its  feathers,  and  tuck  its  head  imder  its  wing,  and  not  until,  with  the  last  flicker  of  life, 
when  the  bird,  becoming  too  weak  to  stand,  rolls  over,  is  the  head  withdrawn. 

§  Wounded  or  not,  it  was  quite  right  under  the  circumstances  that  this  new  Irish  bird  was 
collected  by  a  proper  person  for  scientific  purposes.  For  the  student  of  ornithology  who  has  made 
a  serious  study  of  bird-migration,  at  rock  stations,  knows  full  well  how  manifold  are  the  dangers 
which  confront  the  migrant  which  perforce  dares  to  alight  and  tarry  en  route  on  a  marine  rock,  and 
how  difficult  are  its  chances  of  reaching  its  natural  habitat.  Nay  more,  should  it  reach  this  in  safety, 
its  foreign  appearance  in  a  land  which  it  has  more  or  less  accidentally  visited,  would  unduly  attract 
many  of  its  natural  enemies — especially  in  this  particular  case  where  the  plumage  of  the  bird  in 
question  is  markedly  showy — to  which  if  it  fell  a  prey  its  presence  i*i  Ireland  would  have  remained 
unknown^     The  collection  of  a  rare  bird  or  other  creature,  whose  status  is  as  yet  quite  unknown. 


4  NOVITATES   ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917. 

Although  the  gizzard  was  absolutely  devoid  of  foodstuffs,  the  condition  of 
the  body  was  decidedly  good,  the  muscles  firm,  and  there  was  a  considerable 
amount  of  fat  present,  especially  about  the  root  of  the  neck  and  upper  region 
of  the  thorax.  The  bird  weighed  four  drams  eighteen  grains,  being  propor- 
tionately as  heavy  as  were  any  well-nourished  Common  Wheatears  which  I 
have  obtained  on  their  regular  migrations  from  Tuskar  Light-station.  Like 
the  Aquatic  Warbler  recently  procured  on  Tuskar  Rock,  this  Wheatear  cannot 
be  placed  in  the  category  of  a  waif,  and  what  I  have  said  in  regard  to  the  move- 
ments and  fate  of  the  former  holds  good  in  the  main  for  such  in  the  latter,* 
namely  that  the  bird  had  not  been  perambulating  about  on  the  rock  in  a  half- 
starved  condition  for  some  days  before  death  overtook  it  and  rid  it  of  its  miseries. 
In  other  words,  it  was  not  a  bird  which,  becoming  separated  from  its  companions, 
drifted  about  aimlessly,  until  fatigued  or  storm-bound  f  it  sought  refuge  on  a 
rock.  On  the  contrary,  the  foregoing  evidence,  circumstantial  and  objective,  is 
ample  to  show  that  the  bird  struck  the  lantern  at  night,  was  seen  on  the  rock 
next  morning  and  several  times  during  the  day,  and  was  captured  in  the  evening. 
The  evidence  of  its  having  struck  the  lantern,  or  some  object  close  by,  resolves 
itseU  into  incontrovertible  proof  when  the  head  was  examined  post-mortem. 

Assuming  this  to  have  been  the  sequence  of  events,  it  is  interesting  to  note 
that  the  bird  travelled  ^\'ith  several  other  species  which  habitually  reach  Tuskar 
on  migration,  including  its  close  relatives  the  Common  and  Greenland  Wheat- 
ears.  J  Because  in  addition  to  the  general  statement  made  by  Mr.  McGinley, 
namely  that  there  were  dozens  of  Wheatears  and  Warblers  in  the  rays  at  the 
lantern  at  2  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  May  16th,  I  have  received  direct  proof  that 
Sedge-warblers,  WiUow-warblers,  Spotted  Flycatchers,  and  Common  Wheatears 
struck  at  that  time,  for  Mr.  Glanville  sent  me  specimens  which  I  received  in 
the  same  parcel  which  contained  the  Black-eared  Wheatear.     Now,  in  my  paper 

is  not  only  justifiable  but  highly  desirable,  provided  of  course  that  full  data  of  the  record  be  supplied, 
that  the  specimen  itself  be  properly  dissected  and  in  every  way  investigated,  and  the  skin  be  care- 
fully preserved  and  in  due  course  be  presented  to  the  Dublin  Museum,  so  that  it  may  take  its  proper 
place  among  the  National  Collection.  It  woiild  be  a  different  matter  altogether  were  such  a  species 
to  repeat  its  visits  sufficiently  often  so  as  to  arouse  suspicion  as  to  the  possibility  of  its  breeding. 
Obviously  then  one  would  refrain  from  repeatedly  collecting.  It  so  happens,  however,  that  the 
vast  majority  of  migrants  collected  alive  at  light-stations  have  proved  to  have  been  wounded  or  in 
an  exhausted  state.  Herein  then  lies  the  duty  of  the  collector  who  perchance  comes  across  such 
unfortunate  birds  to  put  them  out  of  pain.  By  such  a  procedure  he  performs  a  humane  act,  and  at 
the  same  time  is  afforded  the  opportunity  of  benefiting  ornithological  science  by  duplicating  the 
collections  not  only  of  common  but  of  many  rare  and  interesting  species,  which  if  found  unwounded 
it  might  not  be  morally  right  to  deprive  of  their  hves.  The  sitpremely  important  study  of  variation 
can  only  be  made  when  a  sufficiently  large  number  of  a  given  species  is  collected,  and  we  look  to 
those  who  have  the  unique  opportunities  at  light- stations  to  conserve  dupUcates  and  multiples  of 
rare  species. 

*  Except  that  the  Aquatic  Warbler  was  killed  outright  by  striking  the  lantern  and  was  picked 
up  dead  on  the  rook  a  few  hours  later,  i.e.  at  dawn,  whereas  the  wounded  Black-eared  Wheatear 
lingered  for  some  seventeen  and  a  half  hours  after  it  struck  before  being  collected  and  put  out  of  pain 
{"  Aquatic  Warbler  on  Migration,"  Zoologist,  March  1915,  p.  82). 

t  As  a  matter  of  fact  at  the  time  that  I  have  essayed  this  Black-eared  Wheatear  to  have  struck 
the  lantern,  the  wind,  blowing  from  the  S.S.W.,  only  registerad,  according  to  Beaufort's  scale,  a 
gentle  breeze,  i.e.  Force  3,  and  the  condition  of  the  weather  was  cloudy  and  rainy.  The  next  day 
the  wind  maintained  much  the  same  force  and  direction,  veering  and  backing  between  S.  and  W. 
In  the  evening  when  the  bird  was  secured,  the  weather,  though  foggy  (as  it  was  all  day),  was  quite 
calm,  the  southerly  wind  only  registering  a  light  breeze  (F.  2,  Beaufort). 

t  Just  as  the  Aquatic  Warbler  obtained  at  Tuskar  travelled  with  its  close  relative  the  Sedge- 
warbler  ("  Aquatic  Warbler  on  Migration  obtained  on  Tuskar  Rock,"  Zoologist,  March  1916, 
pp.  81-92). 


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dealing  with  the  Aquatic  Warbler  from  Tuskar  I  have  given  cogent  reasons  to 
show  that  although  only  one  bird — a  Wheatear — was  obtained  on  the  night 
it  struck,  none  the  less  this  Aquatic  Warbler  travelled  in  company  with  several 
species,  and  more  than  likely  with  other  Aquatic  Warblers,  and  it  is  all  the  more 
reasonable  to  assume  that  this  Black-eared  W'heatear  was  accompanied  by 
other  members  of  its  own  kind.*  It  is  perfectly  clear  that  a  great  company  of 
migrants  of  different  kinds  pursuing  their  regular  routes  had  in  their  midst 
as  they  reached  Tuskar  a  species  of  Wheatear  as  yet  undiscovered  in  Ireland. 

Why  this  bird  came  along  with  them  is  a  question  deserving  close  attention. 
We  are  told  that  there  were  "  dozens  of  Whea tears  "  in  the  rays  that  night. 
and  as  already  indicated  there  may  have  been  some  more  Black-eared  examples, 
It  is  quite  conceivable  that  a  small  party  of  Black-eared  Wheatears,  detaching 
themselves  for  some  more  or  less  trivial  reason  from  the  main  body,  may 
have  sighted  and  joined  a  company  of  Common  Wheatears  steering  somewhat 
in  the  same  direction.  If,  on  the  one  hand,  it  may  be  said  that  such  an  idea 
is  but  theoretical,  I  would,  on  the  other  hand,  remind  the  reader  that  in  so  far 
as  the  Common  Wheatear  is  concerned,  its  migrations  at  light-stations  are  almost 
invariably  characterised  by  marked  gregariousness.  This  is  readily  under- 
stood ;  for  it  is  an  extremely  abundant  species,  has  an  extraordinarily  wide 
distribution  on  its  vernal  migrations,  i.e.  its  breeding-range  is  of  vast  extent, 
so  that  different  companies,  as  they  forge  forwards,  are  apt  to  meet  and  join 
up,  and  in  dark  and  foggy  weather  to  be  held  up  in  large  assemblies  at  the  lantern  ; 
and,  thirdly,  the  Wheatear  is  on  the  whole  amicably  disposed  to  other  species  and 
to  members  of  its  own  family.  Hence  a  few  Black-eared  Wheatears  would  not 
feel  strange  in  the  company  of  their  larger  relatives  ;  nay  more,  being  gregarious 
themselves  on  migration,  and  being  cut  off  from  the  company  of  their  own 
kind,  they  might  well  prefer  the  presence  rather  than  the  absence  of  the  Common 
Wheatear  e?i  route.  Indeed,  being  in  the  minority  they  might  readily  accept 
the  escort  of  the  majority  and  so  proceed  onwards,  oblivious  of  the  fact  that 
they  were  out-stepping  the  normal  boundaries  of  their  breeding-range.  How 
much  farther  the  Tuskar  Black-eared  Wheatear  might  have  journeyed,  had 
it  not  injured  itself,  is  of  course  a  difficult  problem  to  solve. 

*  I  have  already  put  forward  cumulative  evidence  to  show  that  rare  as  well  as  common  birds 
are  apt  to  visit  light-stations  on  migration  in  the  plural  even  more  than  in  the  singular  number  : 
witness  occurrence  of  Tree-pipits  at  Tuskar  in  September  1913  (Irish  Naturalist,  November  1913, 
p.  220)  and  again  in  September  1915  (Irish  Naturalist,  June  1916,  pp.  90-91),  and  ot  Reed-warblers 
in  September  1911  (ibid.  March  1912,  p.  50)  ;  vide  also  remarks  in  my  articles  on  "  Grasshopper- 
warblers  on  Migration  "  (ibid.  August  1912,  p.  139,  also  on  "  Aquatic  Warbler  on  Migration  at 
Tuskar  Rock"  (Zoologist,  March  1915,  pp.  81-92),  and  on  "Remains  of  a  Tree-pipit  found  on 
Tuskar  Rock  "  (Irish  Naturalist,  June  1916,  pp.  85-93).  Indeed  the  term  "  rare  "  is  often  more  applic- 
able to  the  periodic  than  to  the  numeric  status  ot  many  species.  I  have  pointed  out  what  an  easy 
matter  it  is  for  migrants  to  escape  detection  of  the  Ughtkeepers,  because  on  striking  the  lantern 
many  may  fall  into  the  sea,  or  on  an  inaccessible  part  of  the  rock,  or  if  the  part  be  accessible  it  may 
be  uncovered  only  at  ebb-tide,  so  that  birds  would  probably  be  carried  away  at  high- water  before 
being  retrieved;  lastly,  many,  whilst  flying  round  the  lantern,  may  escape  detection,  or  at  all  events 
identification  of  species,  through  not  striking  the  glass  and  thereby  not  allowing  the  Ughtkeeper 
the  opportunity  of  bringing  them  to  hand  for  close  examination.  (Vide  my  article  on  "  Aquatic 
Warbler  on  Migration  obtained  on  Tuskar  Rock,"  Zoologist,  March  1915,  p.  83.) 


6  NOVITATES    ZOOLOOICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

DESCBIFTION    OF    THE    SFECISIZ:!]'. 

Flumage. 

Markings. — Forehead  and  front  of  crown,  silver-grey  exhibiting  a  slight 
metallic  lustre  ;  traced  backwards  over  the  rest  of  the  crown  this  shade  gradually 
merges  through  straw-colour  to  golden-buii  which  is  continued  over  the  nape, 
upper  back,  and  inter-scapular  region,  and,  becoming  darker  through  an 
admixture  with  a  greyish  transverse  band  which  crosses  the  mid-back,  is 
succeeded  by  a  broad  patch  of  white  on  the  lower  back  and  rump ;  right 
central  tail-feather  black  almost  to  the  base.  This  is  a  fresh  feather  evidently 
acquired  during  the  spring  moult.  Its  fellow  on  the  left  is  browTi  almost  to 
the  base,  shorter,  and  shows  evidence  of  wear,  and  was  acquired  during  the 
previous  autumn  moult ;  rest  of  tail-feathers  white,  margined  mth  brown  form- 
ing a  terminal  band  which  is  considerably  broader  at  the  edges.  The  feather 
immediately  outside  the  right  central  feather  is  also  new,  is  longer  than  the 
corresponding  feather  on  the  left  side,  and  has  a  blackish  margin  interrupted  by 
a  white  spot.  The  rest  of  the  taQ-feathers  are  old,  being  acquired  during  the 
previous  autumn  moult.  Lesser,  median,  and  most  of  the  greater  wing-coverts 
black,  some  of  these  feathers  showing  traces  of  buff  edgings  (these  feathers  are 
new,  being  acquired  during  the  spring  moult) ;  primary  wing-coverts  and  the 
outer  greater  wing-coverts  adjoining  them,  dull  brown  edged  with  dull  buff  (these 
feathers  are  old  and  were  acquired  during  the  previous  autumn  moult).  The  same 
holds  good  for  the  primaries,  secondaries,  and  inner  secondaries  (tertiaries),  which 
are  dull  mud-brown  in  colour,  the  huffish  edgings  being  obscured  through  fading 
and  reduced  by  abrasion.  The  scapulars  show  blackish  bases,  and  are  broadly 
margined  with  golden-buff  which  intermingles  with  that  shade  in  the  inter- 
scapular feathers.  The  golden-buff  on  the  nape  sweeps  round  the  sides  of  the 
lower  neck,  and,  becoming  poorer  in  shade  at  the  bottom  of  the  throat,  passes 
gradually  into  the  dull  impure  buffish-white  of  the  breast,  abdomen,  and  under 
tail-coverts.  The  under  wing-coverts  and  axillaries  are  black  ;  but  the  minute 
feathers  lining  the  edge  of  the  under  surface  of  the  wing,  in  the  line  of  the  bastard 
primary,  are  black  broadly  edged  with  greyish- white,  giving  them  a  mot* led 
appearance.  The  lores,  cheeks  (including  the  ear-coverts),  chin,  and  upper 
throat,  are  black  ;  some  of  the  feathers  being  minutely  flecked  with  greyish- 
white.  A  whitish  semicircular  collar  circumscribes  this  black  area  below, 
and  intervenes  between  it  and  the  golden-buff  of  the  sides  of  the  neck  and  lower 
part  of  the  throat. 

Phase. — Accorduig  to  Saunders  the  wings  (including  not  only  the  coverts 
but  all  the  feathers  of  flight)  of  the  adult  inale  Black-eared  Wheatear  in  full  nuptial 
'plumage  (Black-throated  Wheatear  of  his  time)  are  nearly  black,  and  the  forehead 
is  white,  whereas  in  the  bird  from  Tuskar  the  flight-feathers  are  nut-brown  in 
shade  contrasting  markedly  with  the  black  wing-coverts,  and  the  forehead  is 
silver-grey  ;  lastly,  the  tail  of  the  bird,  which  Saunders  describes,  shows  clearly 
in  the  illustration  that  it  has  a  much  narrower  terminal  band  (than  iii  the  Tuskar 
bird),  which  appears  in  fact  incomplete.*  Moreover,  this  band  is  described  as 
black,  not  brown,  as  in  the  Tuskar  bu'd.     These  points  of  difference  in  plumage 

•  It  is  significant,  as  Saunders  remarks,  that  the  black  margin  of  the  tail  is  subject  to  great 
diminutioa  and  partial  disappearance  with  age  (Mammal  of  Briiiah  Birds,  1899,  p.  24). 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  7 

are  quite  definite  and  apparently  are  to  be  interpreted  in  terms  of  difference 
in  phase  of  plumage  according  to  age.  The  description  given  by  Saunders  refers 
to  the  fully  adult  bud  in  its  true  nuptial  plumage-pliase  ;  the  description  I  have 
detailed  of  the  Tuskar  bird  is  referable  to  a  bird  in  a  younger  jilu7nage-phase. 
It  may  represent  the  adolescent  male  plumage-phase,  acquhed  by  partial 
moult  in  the  early  sprmg  (about  February  or  March),  of  the  first  year,  and 
worn  during  the  ensuing  summer.  Should  the  bird  not  breed  at  this  age,  then 
the  phase  of  plumage  it  has  assumed  falls  into  line  with  that  worn  at  a  corre- 
sponding age  by  several  species  of  wading-birds,  e.g.  Sanderling,  which  I  have 
proved  do  not  all  breed  in  their  first  year,  yet  the  plumage  acquired  is 
so  like  the  nuptial  plumage  that  I  have  designated  it  the  nuptialoid  or 
pre-nuptial  plumage-phase.*  If  then  the  plumage-phase  of  the  Black-eared 
Wheatear  from  Tuskar  be  adolescent,  it  is  curious  to  find  that  the  moult  is  not 
quite  comparable  to  what  takes  place  in  the  Common  Wheatear  when  acquiring 
its  adolescent  plumage,  which  is  worn  at  a  corresponding  age  ;  for  in  the  case 
of  the  latter  bird  the  rule  is  that  none  of  the  wing-coverts  are  rerietved.  To  this 
rule,  however,  after  examining  a  large  series  of  specimens,  I  have  seen  many 
exceptions — that  is  to  say,  cases  in  which  some  of  the  wing-coverts  were  renewed 
but  not  on  so  extensive  a  scale  as  has  taken  place  in  the  Black-eared  Wheatear 
in  question. 

Dr.  C.  B.  Ticehurst  in  his  interesting  papers  on  the  subject  of  plumage- 
changes  points  out  that  in  the  case  of  the  Common  Wheatear  when  acquiring 
its  adolescent  plumage,  normally  none  of  the  wing-coverts  are  renewed,  but 
"  sometimes  the  innermost  of  the  greater  coverts  and  rarely  also  the  innermost 
secondary  are  moulted."  f  Though  in  my  experience  other  wing-coverts  besides 
these  are  not  uncommonly  renewed,  the  occasional  moult  of  some  of  the  short 
wmg-feathers  is  not  by  any  means  of  a  stereotyped  character  ;  albeit  at  best 
it  is  a  desultory  process,  and  the  possibility  of  its  being  in  part  adventitious 
rather  than  being  correlated  strictly  with  the  onset  of  maturity,  must  not  be 
at  once  dismissed.  It  is  held  that  in  the  assumption  of  the  adolescent  and 
subsequent  adult  nuptial  plumages  the  rectrices  of  the  Common  Wheatear  are 
not  renewed.  If  this  be  the  rule  also  in  the  case  of  the  Black-eared  Wheatear, 
then  the  renewal  of  two  of  these  feathers  in  the  Tuskar  bird  has  been  adventitious, 
that  is  to  say  they  have  replaced  two  which  have  been  accidentally  pulled  out, 
or  otherwise  shed.  In  support  of  this  view  I  may  say  that  at  light-stations  I 
have  frequently  come  across  migrants  of  various  species  in  which  the  tail  was 
imperfect,  and  which,  from  the  distribution  of  the  moult,  bore  evidence  that  the 
renewal  of  the  feathers  was  quite  adventitious.  In  regard  to  the  black  flight- 
feathers  assumed  by  the  adult  bu:ds  in  nuptial-plumage,  it  is  interestmg  to  find 
that  they  are  often  in  a  very  much  better  state  of  preservation  than  are  the 
brown  ones  assumed  by  the  birds  in  the  adolescent  plumage.     This  leads  one 

*  Vide  my  papers  on  "Migratory  Movements  of  Certain  Shore-birds  on  Dublin  Coast,"  read 
before  the  British  Association,  DubUn  meeting,  September  1908,  and  published  in  exlenso  in  the 
Naturalist,  February  lat,  1909,  pp.  83,  84,  85  ;  also  on  "  The  Pre-nuptial  Plumage  in  Calidris  are- 
naria,"  read  before  the  British  Association,  Winnipeg  meeting,  August  1909,  pubhshed  in  the 
Report ;  and  on  "  Semination  in  Calidris  armaria"  read  before  the  British  Association,  Sheffield 
meeting,  August  1910,  pubhshed  in  the  Report;  and  on  "The  Vernal  Plumage-changes  in  the 
Adolescent  Blackbird  and  their  correlation  with  Sexual  Maturity,"  read  before  the  British  Associa- 
tion, Portsmouth  meeting,  August  1911,  and  published  in  the  Report. 

■f  "  Sequence  of  Plumages  in  British  Birds,"  British  Birds,  vol.  iii.  1909-10,  p.  392. 


8  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917. 

to  raise  the  question,  Do  the  adult  birds  renew  their  flight-feathers  in  some 
cases  in  the  vernal  moult  ?  The  fact  that  these  feathers  may  be  abraided  of 
the  buff  edgings  in  varying  degrees  does  not  necessarily  negative  the  idea,  as 
such  a  process  of  abrasion  may  proceed  later  on  in  the  spring. 

Before  leaving  this  part  of  the  subject  I  may  state  that  from  a  minute 
anatomical  examination  of  the  reproductive  organs  I  would  say  that  the  Tuskar 
bird  had  reached  the  sexually  active  stage  of  its  life,  but  it  does  not  necessarily 
follow  that  there  must  be  a  strict  correlation  between  the  first  arrival  at  puberty 
and  the  assumption  of  the  full  nuptial  garb.  Many  external  sexual  characters 
do  not  appear  tUl  some  time  after  semination  has  first  manifested  itself ;  for 
example,  the  growth  of  the  hair  on  the  face  of  man,  especially  the  beard,  does 
not  as  a  rule  show  to  any  extent  until  a  considerable  period  after  puberty,  and 
many  other  examples  might  be  cited.  To  sum  up,  then,  I  would  say  that  the 
Black-eared  Wheatear  from  Tuskar  was  in  adolescent  or  pre-nuptial  plumage, 
had  just  reached  the  age  in  which  it  was  capable  of  breeding,  but  whether  it 
would  have  done  so  this  season  had  it  survived  and  had  it  met  a  mate,  remains 
an  open  question.  Lastly,  in  submitting  the  bird  to  Mr.  Eagle  Clarke  for  com- 
parison with  specimens  in  the  Royal  Scottish  Museum,  Edinburgh,  I  find  that 
his  testimony  regaiding  the  probable  age  agrees  substantially  with  that  of  mine, 
for  he  informs  me  that  he  is  of  the  opinion  "  that  though  mature  it  is  not  an 
old  bird."  * 

Condition. — The  condition  of  the  plumage  on  the  whole  is  good  ;  the  full 
complement  of  feathers  is  j)resent,  and  none  of  the  long  feathers  of  the  wings 
or  tail  are  bent  or  broken.  The  only  feathers  which  had  not  been  renewed  by 
the  spring  moult  are  the  flight-feathers,  with  the  primary-coverts  and  a  few 
of  the  outer  greater  wing-coverts  already  indicated,  and  ten  of  the  twelve  taU- 
feathers.  Of  these,  the  taU-feathers  are  in  quite  a  good  condition  and  the 
dark  band  is  but  little  faded  ;  the  wing-coverts  are  also  in  good  condition,  but 
these  and  the  flight-feathers  have  faded  to  some  extent.  The  tips  of  the  latter, 
especially  the  middle  series  of  primaries,  are  roughened  by  abrasion,  and  are 
the  only  group  of  feathers  which  detract  slightly  from  the  beauty  of  the  birds' 
dress.  The  rest  of  the  plumage,  recently  acquked,  is  clean  and  bright  and  the 
individual  feathers  are  in  perfect  condition. 


Peet. 

In  colour  the  feet  are  black,  but  the  tarso-metatarsus  (the  part  commonly 
called  the  leg)  as  distinct  from  the  phalanges  or  toes,  is  shorter  than  in  the  foot 
of  the  Common  Wheatear  by  about  6  mm.  {vide  measurements).  This  part  of 
the  foot  is  almost  as  strongly  buUt  as  in  the  Common  Wheatear,  but  the  toes 
are  more  slender,  and  the  naOs  smaller  and  shorter.  The  outer  and  inner  toes 
are  practically  of  the  same  length  in  the  two  species,  and  the  difference  in  the 
ratio  of  length  of  toe  to  nail  is  almost  negligible,  the  nail  of  these  toes  being 
but  a  mere  shade  longer  and  sharper  in  the  Common  Wheatear  ;  but  in  the 
mid  and  hind-toes  the  naUs  of  the  latter  are  defuiitely  longer,  the  difference 
being  more  marked  in  the  hind-toe  ;  yet  these  toes,  minus  their  nails,  are  almost 
the  same  length  in  the  two  species  (vide  measurements). 

*  VV.  Eagle  Clarke  in  lilt. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOOICAE   XXIV.    1917. 


Beak. 


Like  the  feet,  the  beak  is  black,  and  in  contour  and  measurements  is 
practically  identical  with  that  of  the  Common  Wheatear. 

Bodily  Condition. 

In  the  openmg  pages  of  this  paper  I  referred,  in  passing,  to  the  decidedly 
good  condition  of  the  body,  the  good  tone  of  the  muscles,  and  the  presence  of 
fatty  tissue  in  considerable  amount,  especially  about  the  root  of  the  neck  and 
upper  part  of  the  thorax.  Here  I  may  add  that  I  examined  all  the  viscera  and 
found  them  perfectly  healthy  except  part  of  the  brain,  which  was  congested  and 
haemorrhagic  as  the  result  of  the  indented  part  of  the  skull  pressing  unduly  on 
its  surface.  The  details  regarding  the  injury  to  the  skull  showed  that  the  vault 
was  deeply  indented  in  the  region  of  the  right  frontal  bone,  3  mm.  behind  the 
right  orbital  rim  and  15  mm.  lateral  to  the  sagittal  suture.  The  indentation 
measured  in  its  longest  diameters  4' 5  mm.  and  was  2  mm.  deep,  and  in  outline 
was  triangular.  It  was  surrounded  by  a  considerable  degree  of  subcranial 
haemorrhage  (see  fig.  5,  pi.  I.).  The  gizzard  was  absolutely  empty;  the  signifi- 
cance of  this  condition  I  have  dealt  with  fully  on  p.  3. 

The  testes  showed  out  very  prominently  ;  both  were  equally  developed, 
moderately  distended,  and  reddish  in  colour.  They  were  about  the  size  of  small 
garden-peas,  the  left  approaching  a  globular  outline,  whOe  the  right  was  oval  in 
shape  and  situated  at  a  higher  level  than  its  fellow.  Microscopical  examination 
showed  that  spermatogenesis  had  commenced,  but  that  semination  had  not 
reached  full  activity. 

measurements. 

Total  length  of  specimen  from  tip  of  beak  to  tip  of  tail,  15  cm.  ;  length  of 
right  wing,  measured  from  fold  of  carpal  joint  to  tip  of  thii-d  and  longest  primary, 
8'4  cm. ;  left  wing,  8'3  cm. ;  bastard  primary,  2'1  cm. ;  length  from  tip  of  wings 
(folded)  to  tip  of  tail,  2  cm.  ;  length  of  tail,  6  cm.  ;  length  of  foot  *  less  toes, 
2'25  cm.  ;  toes  :  hind,  1  cm.  (naU  4  mm.,  rest  of  toe  6  mm.) ;  inner,  1  cm. ;  middle, 
1'4  cm.  (naU  3  mm.,  rest  of  toe  1"1  cm.) ;  outer,  9  cm.  ;  length  of  beak  (culmen), 
r2  cm.  ;  same  as  that  of  the  Common  Wheatear.  Left  testis,  5  mm.  in  length, 
4  mm.  in  breadth  ;   right  testis,  6  mm.  in  length,  4  mm.  in  breadth. 

Weight. 

After  the  feathers  had  been  thoroughly  dried,  the  bird  weighed  4  drams  18 
grains.  This  Wheatear,  while  reaching  in  total  length  that  of  the  Common  species, 
is  not  so  bulky,  and  so  its  weight,  which  is  about  1  dram  less,  is  not  disproportion- 
ately reduced.  The  ratio  of  its  weight  to  that  of  an  average  well-nourished 
Common  Wheatear  is  about  correct  ;  but  I  may  point  out  that  frequently 
Common  Wheatears  arrive  at  light-stations  in  an  extraordinarily  obese  con- 

•  In  the  Common  Wheatear  the  foot,  leas  the  toes,  measures  on  average  2'85  cm.  ;  the  hind 
toe  rS  cm.,  of  which  the  nail  measures  6  mm.,  the  rest  of  the  toe  7  mm.  ;  the  inner  toe  1  cm.  ;  the 
mid-toe  1*5  cm.,  of  which  the  nail  measures  4  mm,,  the  rest  of  toe  I'l  cm.  ;    outer  toe,  9  cm. 


2q  Novitates  Zoologicae  XXIV.   1917. 

dition,  turning  the  scales  at  Oi  or  even  VJ  drams  !  Compared  with  such  birds 
the  Black-eared  Wheatear  from'Tuskar  would  be  somewhat  proportionately 
under-weight ;  however,  I  have  little  doubt  that  extra-fat  Black-eared  Wheatears 
of  heavier  weight  occur  among  the  numbers  which,  without  undue  prolonga- 
tion or  disturbance  en  route,  affect  regular  migrations. 


TOTAL    OCCURRENCES    OF    THE    WESTERIT    BLACK-EARED 
WHEATEAR    IN    THE    BRITISH    ISLES. 

The  Black-eared  Wheatear,  which  forms  the  theme  of  this  paper,  is  the 
first  specimen  which  has  been  obtained  in  Ireland,  and  I  am  not  aware  that  it 
has  ever  been  observed  ui  the  country  previously,  but  considering  that  the  bird 
has  penetrated  farther  north  and  west,  it  is  quite  likely  that  it  has  reached  the 
Irish  coast  on  previous  occasions,  but  has  passed  unnoticed  ;  now,  however,  with 
the  production  of  a  specimen,  the  record  of  its  occurrence  has  been  rendered 
authentic,  and  the  bird  accordingly  takes  its  place  on  the  Irish  List.  The  records 
in  Great  Britain  have  been  actually  more  frequent  of  latter  years — I  shall  point 
out  the  reason  for  this  further  on  when  dealing  with  the  status  of  the  bird — here, 
however,  it  is  convenient  to  state  that  as  the  Black-eared  ^Vheatear  was  formerly 
looked  upon  as  a  distinct  species  from  the  Black-throated  Wheatear,  its  rarity 
appeared  still  more  marked.  Now,  however,  it  is  recognised  that  there  is  only 
one  species,  some  members  of  which  exhibit  black  throats,  others  a  whitish 
shade  *  (Hartert).  Adopting  the  modern  name  of  Western  Black-eared  Wheatear, 
and  including  birds  in  both  phases  of  plumage,  we  find  that  the  total  occur- 
rences up  to  the  present  time  in  Great  Britam  are  as  follows  :  One,  an  adult 
male  with  a  black  throat,  obtained  near  Bury,  Lancashire,  on  May  8th,  1875; 
one,  also  an  adult  male  with  a  black  throat,  seen,  but  not  obtained,  by  Mr.  H.  B. 
Hewetson,  near  Spurn,  Yorkshire,  on  September  18th,  1892.  The  above  instances 
are  taken  from  Saunders's  Manual  of  British  Birds,  second  edition,  1899,  p.  23.t 
The  following  occurrences  have  been  recorded  subsequent  to  the  publication  of 
Saunders's  Manual :  One,  a  male,  obtained  near  Polegate,  Sussex,  on  May  28th, 
1902  ;  one,  an  adult  male,  obtained  near  Hoo,  Sussex,  on  May  22nd,  1905  {  ;  one, 
an  adult  male  with  a  black  throat,  obtained  near  Lydd,  Kent,  on  Maj'  23rd,  1906.§ 
The  above  three  instances  have  been  gleaned  from  a  paper  in  British  Birds, 
vol.  i.  pp.  6,  7,  by  Saunders,  entitled,  "  Additions  to  the  List  of  British  Birds 
since  1899."     Still  later  notices  of  the  occurrences  of  this  Wheatear  in  Great 

•  Vide  "Notes  on  Various  Species  of  British  Birds  "  (from  Part  VI.  Vogel  d.  pal.  Fauna),  by 
Dr.  Ernst  Hartert;  British  Birds,  vol.  xv.  1910-11.  pp.  131-2. 

t  Described  by  Saunders  as  Black-throated  Wheatears  {Saxicola  stapazina),  the  light- throated 
form,  the  true  Black-eared  Wheatear  of  that  period  (iS.  aurita),  then  unknown  to  have  visited  the 
British  Isles. 

I  These  two  birds,  showing  whitish  throats,  were  regarded  as  examples  of  the  true  Western 
Black-eared  Wheatear  {S.  caterinae),  and  were  recorded  as  the  first  and  second  of  their  kind  obtained 
in  the  British  Isles.  In  reaUty  they  represent  the  third  and  fourth  recorded  occurrences,  and  the 
second  and  third  specimens  actually  brought  to  hand. 

§  Described  as  a  Black-throated  Wheatear  (S.  occidentalix),  and  recorded  as  the  second  of 
its  kind  obtained  in  the  British  Isles.  In  reality  it  was  the  fourth  Western  Black-eared  Wheatear 
obtained  and  the  fifth  recorded.  N.B. — The  specific  name  occidentalis  was  adopted  because  the 
name  atapazina  was  transferred  to  represent  the  specific  name  of  the  Eastern  Black-eared  Wheatear. 


NOVITATES   ZOOLOGICAE   XXIV.    1917.  11 

Britain  are  as  follows  :  One,  a  male,  obtained  at  Winchelsea,  Sussex,  on  May  2nd, 
1907  (J.  B.  Nichols,  British  Birds,  vol.  i.  1907-8,  p.  185)  *  ;  one,  a  male  with  a 
black  throat,  obtamed  at  Fair  Isle,  Scotland,  on  September  25th,  1907  (W. 
Eagle  Clarke,  Studies  in  Bird  Migration,  vol.  ii.  p.  145  ;  Annals  of  Scottish  Natural 
History,  1907,  p.  246,  and  ibid.  1908,  pp.  72-85;  and  Witherby,  British  Birds, 
vol.  i.  p.  382)  f  ;  one,  a  female  in  winter  dress,  obtained  at  St.  Kilda,  on  Septem- 
ber 21st,  1911  (W.  Eagle  Clarke,  Studies  in  Bird  Migration,  vol.  ii.  p.  217)  f  ;  two 
males,  each  with  a  black  throat,  obtamed  near  Winchelsea,  Sussex,  respectively 
on  May  16th  and  19th,  1912  (J.  B.  Nichols,  British  Birds,  vol.  vi.  1912-13, 
p.  184)  §  ;  one,  a  male,  the  colour  of  throat  not  mentioned,  obtamed  at  HoUington, 
Sussex,  on  May  5th,  1915  (H.  W.  Ford-Lmdsay,  British  Birds,  vol.  ix.  1915-16, 
p.  121)  II ;  one,  a  male  with  "  no  frontal  band  of  black,"  obtained  at  St.  Leonards, 
Sussex,  on  October  30th,  1915  (H.  Ford-Lindsay,  ibid.  p.  249)11;  one,  an  adolescent 
male  with  a  black  throat,  obtained  on  Tuskar  Rock,  co.  Wexford,  on  May  16th, 
1916  (C.  J.  Patten,  Dublin  Daily  Express,  June  8th,  1916;  Irish  Times,  June 
9th,  1916  ;  Nature,  June  15th,  1916,  pp.  321,  322  ;  Irish  Naturalist,  June  1916, 
p.  100)  **  ;  this,  the  most  recent  occurrence,  completes  the  number  of  British- 
taken  specimens  up  to  date. 

*  Described  as  the  Western  Black-eared  Wheatear  {S.  caterinae),  and  recorded  as  the  third 
obtained  in  the  British  Isles ;    in  reality  it  was  the  fifth  obtained  and  sixth  recorded. 

t  Described  as  the  Black-throated  Wheatear  {S.  occidenkilis)  and  recorded  as  the  third  British 
and  first  Scottish  example  procured.  In  reality  it  was  the  sixth  Western  Black-eared  Wheatear 
obtained  in  Great  Britain  and  the  seventh  recorded,  and  the  first  from  Scotland.  A  ready  and 
concisely  drawn-up  reference  to  the  above  seven  records  is  to  be  found  in  Dr.  Hartert's  Hand-list  of 
British  Birds,  1912,  p.  81.  AU  these  birds  have  been  included  under  the  one  name  of  the  Western 
Black-eared  Wheatear  {Oenanthe  h.  hispanica) ;  tlie  question  of  there  being  only  one  species,  dimorphic 
in  the  plumage  of  the  throat,  having  been  answered  in  the  affirmative,  the  name  Black-throated 
was  abandoned.  The  alteration  in  the  nomenclature  is  the  outcome  of  Dr.  Hartert's  researches, 
and  is  now  widely  adopted. 

J  Here  named  Black-throated  Wheatear  {Saxicola  hispanica),  and  recorded  as  the  second 
specimen  obtained  in  Scotland ;  this  bird  was  entered  as  the  Western  Black-eared  Wheatear 
{Oen^anthe  h.  hispanica)  in  a  paper  in  British  Birds,  vol.  vi.  1912-13,  p.  152,  by  the  Editors,  entitled 
"  Additional  Records  from  Fair  Isle  and  St.  Kilda."  This  paper  appeared  subsequent  to  the  publication 
of  Dr.  Hartert's  Hand-list  of  British  Birds,  and  as  a  result  his  nomenclatural  and  vernacular  names 
for  the  species  have  l^een  adopted.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  Mr.  Eagle  Glarlie  while  still  adhering 
to  the  older  name  of  Black-throated  Wheatear  had  already  adopted  the  same  specific  name  of 
hispanica  as  did  Dr.  Hartert  instead  of  occidentalis.  This  bird  represents  the  seventh  Western  Black- 
eared  Wheatear  obtained,  and  the  eighth  recorded  in  Great  Britain,  and  the  second  obtained  in 
Scotland. 

§  Both  named  the  Black-throated  form  of  the  Western  Black-eared  Wheatear,  of  which  form 
only  four  previous  captures  had  been  made  in  Great  Britain.  This  statement  is  correct.  However, 
proceeding  with  statistics  regarding  both  forms  we  find  these  two  birds  to  be  the  eighth  and  ninth 
obtained,  and  the  ninth  and  tenth  recorded  in  Great  Britain. 

II  The  title  of  the  note  here  is  "  Western  Black-eared  AVheatear  in  Sussex,"  but  in  the  text 
Mr.  Ford-Lindsay  speaks  of  the  bird  as  the  Black-throated  Wheatear  ;  hence  I  presume  it  is  s 
Black-throated  form  and  have  entered  it  as  such  in  the  synoptical  tables  (A)  and  (C).  It  represents 
the  tenth  specimen  obtained  and  the  eleventh  recorded  in  the  British  Isles  of  the  Western  Black- 
eared  Wheatear. 

^  Designated  Western  Black-throated  Wheatear,  yet  while  this  older  vernacular  name  is  used, 
the  most  modern  trinomial  nomenclatural  term,  viz.  Oenanthe  h.  hispanica,  is  applied.  This  biid 
is  the  eleventh  obtained  and  the  twelfth  recorded  in  the  British  Isles  of  the  Western  Black-eared 
Wlieatear. 

**  Called  Black-eared  Wheatear  [Oenanthe  hispanica),  the  racial  form  being  undetermined 
when  these  preUminary  notes  were  sent  to  press.  In  the  Dublin  daily  papers  above  mentioned,  I 
did  not  insert  the  scientific  names.  This  bird  is  the  twelftli  obtained  and  the  thirteenth 
recorded  in  the  British  Isles,  and  the  first  obtained  in  Ireland,  of  the  Western  Black-eared 
Wheatear. 


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XOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     191" 


SYNOPTIC    TABLES. 

A.    TABLE   SHOWING   AUTHENTIC  BRITISH  RECORDS  IN   SERIAL   ORDER  OF  THE 

BLACK-THROATED    FORM. 


Serial  Record. 

Sei. 

Date. 

LocaUty. 

First  British 

Male 

May  8th,  1875 

Lancashire. 

Second  British 

Male 

May  23rd,  1900 

Kent. 

Third  British  and  First  Scotch 

Male 

Sept.  25th,  1907 

Fair  Isle. 

Fourth  British  and  Second  Scotch 

Female 

Sept.  2nd,  1911 

St.  Kilda. 

Fifth  British 

Male 

May  16th,  1912 

Sussex. 

Sixth  British 

Male 

May  19th,  1912 

Sussex. 

Seventh  British 

Male 

May  5th,  1915 

Sussex. 

Eighth  British  and  First  Irish 

Male 

May  16th,  1916 

Wexford. 

B.    TABLE   SHOWaNG  AUTHENTIC  BRITISH  RECORDS  IN   SERIAL 

LIGHT-THROATED    FORM. 


ORDER   OF  THE 


Serial  ReconJ. 

Sex. 

Date. 

Locality. 

First  British 

Male 

May  28th,  1902 

Sussex. 

Second  British 

Male 

May  22nd,  1905 

Sussex. 

Third  British 

Male 

May  2nd,  1907 

Sussex. 

Fourth  British 

Male 

Oct.  30th,  1915 

Sussex. 

C.    TABLE   SHOWING  AUTHENTIC   BRITISH  RECORDS   IN   SERIAL  ORDER  OF  THE 
TWO    FORMS    TAKEN   TOGETHER. 


Serial  Record. 

Sex. 

Date. 

Locality. 

First  British 

Male 

May  8th,  1875 

Lancashire. 

•Second  British 

Male 

May  28th,  1902 

Sussex. 

•Third  British 

Male 

May  22nd,  1905 

Sussex. 

Fourth  British 

Male 

May  23rd,  1906 

Kent. 

•Fifth  British 

Male 

May  2nd,  1907 

Sussex. 

Sixth  British  and  First  Scotch 

Male 

Sept.  25th,  1C07 

Fair  Isle. 

Seventh  British  and  Second  Scotch 

Female 

Sept.  2nd,  1911 

St.  Kilda. 

Eighth  British 

Male 

May  16th,  1912 

Sussex. 

Ninth  British 

Male 

May  19th,  1912 

Sussex. 

Tenth  British 

Male 

May  5th.  1915 

Sussex. 

•Eleventh  British 

Male 

Oct.  30th,  1915 

Sussex. 

Twelfth  British  and  First  Irish 

Male 

May  16th,  1916 

Wexford. 

N.B. — The  light-throated  forms  are  marked  with  an  asterisk.  The  first  two  of  these  records 
(second  and  third  British)  are  interposed  between  the  records  of  the  first  and  second  Black-throated 
forms  ;  the  third  (fifth  British)  between  the  second  and  third  Black-throated  forms  ;  and  the  fourth 
(the  eleventh  British)  between  the  seventh  and  eighth  Black-throated  forni.s. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOOICAE    XXIV.     1917.  13 

It  may  now  be  observed  from  the  above  statistics  that,  during  a  period 
lasting  forty-one  years,  namely,  from  May  8th,  1875,  when  the  first  bird  was 
obtained,  to  May  16th,  1916,  when  the  latest  to  date  was  obtained,  thirteen 
examples  have  been  recorded,  which,  with  the  exception  of  one,  have  all  been 
handled  and  identified  beyond  doubt.  Nine  of  the  twelve  authentic  records, 
that  is  to  say  three-fourths,  come  from  England  ;  two,  or  one-sixth,  from  Scot- 
land ;    and  one,  or  one-twelfth,  from  Ireland. 


STATUS   OF    THE    WESTERIT    BLACE-EABED    WHEATEAB   AS   A 

BRITISH    BIRD. 

During  latter  years  this  Wheatear  has  been  more  frequently  recorded  than 
formerly,  and  though  it  may  be  correct  to  regard  it  still  a  rare  bird,  obviously 
it  is  less  so  than  was  supposed.  As  I  have  already  pointed  out  when  framing 
the  status  of  other  rare  British  birds — e.g.  Aquatic  and  Icterine  Warblers  * — 
the  study  of  ornithology  has  found  much  favour  of  late,  and  many  more  workers 
have  made  a  special  study  of  migration,  not  only  on  the  mainland  but  at  light- 
stations  buUt  on  rocks  and  islands  some  mUes  ofE  the  coast,  and  situated  so  as 
to  lie  along  and  often  to  intersect  important  migration-routes.  Added  is  the 
valuable  co-operation  and  increasing  vigilance  of  the  light-keepers  ;  the  result 
is  that  the  number  of  records  of  heretofore  supposed  very  rare  birds  has  markedly 
increased,  and  in  many  cases  the  status  of  species  calls  for  revision. 

It  requires  but  a  passing  glance  at  the  synoptical  table  (C)  to  find 
that  while  twenty-seven  years  elapsed  between  the  capture  of  the  first  and 
■second  birds,  i.e.  May  8th,  1875,  to  May  28th,  1902,  from  the  latter  date 
onward  this  Wheatear  has  been  recorded  almost  annually,  and  in  some  seasons 
even  in  the  plural  number.  Most  specimens  have  been  taken  in  Sussex, 
due  no  doubt  largely  to  the  fact  that  this  county  possesses  keen  observers  ; 
albeit  there  is  every  reason  to  think  that  this  Southern  European  Wheatear, 
in  affecting  its  normal  vernal  migration-range,  may  betimes  somewhat  slightly 
overshoot  the  mark  and  arrive  on  the  coasts  of  other  British  maritime  southern 
counties.  Unlike  the  Icterine  and  Aquatic  Warbler,  which  normally  push 
far  enough  north  to  breed  in  latitudes  on  the  Continent  corresponding  to — 
and  in  the  case  of  the  Icterine  Warbler,  even  beyond — those  of  our  Isles,  the 
northern  limit  of  the  vernal  migration-range  of  the  Western  Black-eared  Wheatear 
is  said  to  be  limited  by  the  River  Loire  in  France.  With  this  more  restricted 
breeding-range  the  species  could  hardly  be  expected  to  visit  the  higher  latitudes 
of  the  British  Isles  with  any  degree  of  regularity.  It  may  be  safer  to  regard 
its  visits  to  Yorkshire,  Lancashire,  and  in  a  far  greater  degree  to  St.  Kilda  and 
Fair  Isle,  as  quite  exceptional.  This  is  borne  out  by  the  fact  that  Mr.  Eagle 
Clarke  has  only  obtained  it  once  from  these  Scottish  islands,  a  contrast  to  the 
visits  of  the  Icterine  Warbler  to  Fair  Isle,  where  it  "  occurred  annually  on  the 
island  during  recent  years  in  spring  or  autumn  or  both."  f 

The  visit  of  the  Western  Black-eared  Wheatear  to  Tuskar  Rock  is  not 
altogether  surprising.     The  situation  of  this  station  lies  along  the  line  of  the 

*  Vide  papers  on  "Aquatic  and  Icterine  Warblera  obtained  on  Tuskar  Rock,"  Zoologist,  March 
1915,  pp.  82-92,  and  iUd.  February  191G,  pp.  41-54. 

t  "  Notes  on  the  Migratory  Birds  observed  at  Fair  Isle  in  1914,"  ScoUiah  Naturalist,  May  1915, 
p.  104. 


14  NOVITATES   ZOOLOQICAE   XXIV.    1917. 

migration-route  of  birds  pushing  up  towards  the  south-west  sea-board  of  England, 
and  it  requires  but  little  extension  of  a  north-west  flight  for  a  bird  to  reach  a 
rock  off  the  south-east  corner  of  Ireland — e.g.  Tuskar — instead  of  the  coast  of 
Devonshire  or  Cornwall.  In  support  of  this  argument  it  should  be  remembered 
that  the  Wheatear  as  a  class  is  a  strong  and  very  energetic  bird,  endowed  with 
powerful,  well  sustained,  and  rapid  flight.*  Again,  the  geographical  distribution 
of  the  breeding-grounds  of  the  Common  Wheatear,  in  -nhich  may  be  included 
the  Greenland  form,  is  of  very  considerable  extent,  and  for  aught  we  know 
the  breeding-ground  of  the  Western  Black-eared  Wheatear  may  be  wider  than 
we  are  aware  of,  nor  should  the  question  of  the  possibility  of  its  breeding-range 
becoming  more  extensive  of  later  years  be  altogether  neglected.  Not  that  I  wish 
to  imply  that  the  bird  resorts  or  has  resorted  to  the  south  of  Ireland  to  breed , 
we  have  no  evidence  whatever  to  substantiate  this  view.  For  the  present 
I  am  content  to  regard  the  visit  of  the  bird  to  Tuskar  as  representing  a  pro- 
longation in  flight  of  one  of  the  numbers  which  make  for  the  southern  sea-board 
of  England,  where  the  status  of  such  birds  requires  close  scrutiny.  And  indeed 
it  seems  particularly  interesting  at  this  juncture  to  bear  in  mind  that  not  one 
of  the  eight  birds  taken  in  the  South  of  England  met  its  death  at  a  light-station 
by  striking  the  lantern,  or  such  like  accident,  f 

In  other  words  there  is  no  evidence  to  show  that  fog  was  encountered,  and 
that  any  of  these  birds,  becoming  bewildered  during  their  nocturnal  movements 
by  the  glare  of  the  lantern,  deviated  from  or  were  delayed  on  their  accustomed 
route.  Indeed  the  question  of  the  possibility  of  these  eight  Black-eared  Wheat- 
ears  arriving  in  the  south  of  England,  not  as  vagrants,  waifs,  refugees,  or  mere 
accidental  visitors,  but  as  genuine  summer-visitors,  prepared  to  breed  if  suitable 
nesting-sites  presented  themselves,  must  not  be  summarily  dismissed.  Wheat- 
ears  as  a  class  are  not  particularly  fastidious  in  their  choice  of  nesting-sites, 
provided  they  can  secure  cover  in  some  open  upland  country  among  stone-walls, 
burrows,  crevices,  etc.  However,  it  is  rather  curious  that  these  eight  birds  were 
all  males  J  :  possibly,  however,  they,  or  some  of  them,  may  have  had  their 
consorts  with  them,  but  the  latter  being  less  showy  were  overlooked. 

On  the  other  hand,  supposing  the  view  be  adopted  that  these  Wheatears 
were  accidental  visitors  which  overshot  their  breeding  migration-range,  then 
possibly  the  males,  stronger,  more  ardent,  and  energetic,  might  more  readily  go 
astray.  The  weight  of  this  hypothesis  becomes  much  reduced  on  closer  study, 
for  accidental  visitors  are  frequently  represented  by  females  as  well  as  by  males, 
for  example  the  Dartford,  Aquatic,  and  Icterine  ^^'arblers,  taken  recently  on 
Tuskar  Rock,  were  females,  and  many  others  might  be  cited.  But  whatever 
may  have  been  the  vis  a  iergo  which  propelled  these  Wheatears  to  travel  beyond 
their  normal  limit  and  to  reach  the  southern  shores  of  England,  I  think  it  is 

*  On  rock  light-stations  oH  the  coast  of  Ireland,  Wheatears  are  harassed  and  preyed  upon 
to  a  large  extent  by  Merlin  Falcons.  I  have  witnessed  over  and  over  again  the  .speed  and  adroitness 
in  turning  and  the  endurance  on  the  \ring  displayed  by  the  Wheatear  when  closely  pursued,  and 
many  times  I  have  perceived  the  Falcon  relinquish  the  chase. 

t  The  one  other  bird  which  completes  the  number  at  present  known  to  have  been  taken  in 
England,  namely  the  Lancashire  bird,  did  not  strike  a  lantern  on  the  coast  either,  but  it  is  more 
expedient  not  to  include  it  in  the  text  with  the  south  of  England  birds  seeing  that  its  visit  was  more 
likely  accidental  than  other\\ise. 

X  Moreover,  the  vagrants  to  Tuskar,  Lancashire,  and  Fair  Isle,  were  males,  the  only  female 
being  the  bird  which  wandered  to  the  outlying  island  of  St.  Kilda.  In  short,  eleven  of  the  twelve 
British-taken  Western  Black-oared  Wheatears  proved  to  be  of  the  male  sex. 


NOTITATES    ZOOLOGICAE   XXIV.     1!)17.  15 

more  likely  than  not  that  the  birds  come  under  the  category  of  occasional  if 
not  annual  summer-visitors  rather  than  accidental  vagrants.  It  has  not  yet  been 
proved  that  their  visits  are  annual  and  regular ;  at  the  same  time  the  evidence, 
as  it  accumulates,  points  in  that  direction. 

With  the  data  at  our  disposal  the  question  in  regard  to  the  periodic  status 
of  the  bird  is  becoming  unfolded,  and  so  far  as  our  present  knowledge  goes  would 
read  somewhat  as  follows  :  A  frequent,  and  quite  likely  an  annual,  summer-visitor 
to  the  southern  counties  of  England,  and  occurring  as  a  very  rare  vagrant  in 
more  northern  latitudes  of  the  British  Isles.  What  the  numeric  status  may  be 
remains  to  be  seen.  It  is  certain,  however,  that  those  specimens  obtained  do  not 
by  any  means  exhaust  the  numbers  which  appeared  each  season.  If  we  adopt  the 
estimate  made  by  such  competent  authorities  as  Dr.  E.  Hartert,  Rev.  F.  C.  R. 
Jourdain,  Dr.  N.  F.  Ticehurst,  and  Mr.  H.  F.  Witherby,  namely,  that  for  every 
straggler  vihich  is  identified  and  recorded,  at  least  ten  go  past  unidentified  and 
unrecorded,*  and  admitting  the  Western  Black-eared  Wheatear  to  be  a  frequent 
summer-visitor  rather  than  a  mere  straggler,  it  seems  to  me  proportionate  if  the 
numbers  which  escape  detection  in  a  given  area  where  the  bird  has  occurred 
be  estimated  at  twenty  times  greater.  If  for  the  present  such  an  estimate  be 
granted,  then  the  numeric  status  of  the  bird  might  be  put  down  as  "  occurring  in 
very  small  numbers." 

The  complete  status  of  this  Wheatear  might  then  read  as  follows  :  A  frequent, 
quite  likely  an  annual  visitor  to  the  southern  counties  of  England,  occurring 
in  very  small  numbers,  and  a  very  rare  vagrant  to  more  northern  latitudes  in 
the  British  Isles.  In  regard  to  Ireland  apart  from  Great  Britain,  it  is  impossible 
with  but  one  specimen  at  our  disposal,  this  representing  the  sole  record  known 
up  to  the  present,  to  set  forth  the  status  of  the  bird.  If,  as  already  suggested, 
the  Tuskar  bird  represents  one  of  the  South  of  England  visitors  which  prolonged 
its  journey  slightly,  with  negligible  deviation  of  route,  it  might  be  appropriately 
called  for  the  present  an  expectant,  rather  than  a  mere  haphazard  accidental 
vagrant.  This  much  may  be  added,  however,  in  conclusion,  that,  while  on  the  one 
hand  the  Black-eared  Wheatear  is  a  migrant  in  summer  to  more  southern  European 
latitudes ;  on  the  other  hand,  being  a  bird  of  strong  flight  and  energy,  it  may 
be  led  to  overstep  the  boundary  of  its  breeding-range  more  readily  and  oftener 
than  has  been  supposed,  and,  if  a  sharp  look-out  be  kept,  it  may  be  found  visiting 
Ireland  again  at  no  distant  date.  Its  chances  of  fraternising  xn  flight  with 
some  of  the  thousands  of  Common  and  Greenland  Wheatears  which  reach  Tuskar 
annually  in  spring,  and  thence  of  alighting  on  Irish  soil,  are  not  improbable. 
We  have  seen  that  the  Tuskar  bird  arrived  synchronously  with  several  Common 
Wheatears  and  many  other  species  which  habitually  visit  Tuskar  on  spring 
migration  ;  that  it  was  in  good  condition  ;  and  was  not  a  waif  which  had  drifted 
about  aimlessly,  untU  fatigue  or  storm-bound  it  sought  refuge  on  the  rock.  In 
truth  it  was  affecting  a  vigorous  migration.  Such  are  hopeful  signs  that  it 
will  re-visit  Ireland.     I  fervently  hope  so. 

GENERAI.    GEOGRAFHICAI.    DISTRIBUTIOIT. 

In  regard  to  the  general  geographical  distribution  of  the  Western  Black-eared 
Wheatear,    Saunders   provides   the   following  :     "  Although   some   occurrences 

•   Vide  Introduction,  p.  xi.  Hand-liitt  oj  British  Birds,  1912,  by  above  authors. 


16  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

formerly  recorded  under  this  name  *  in  Heligoland  were  really  those  of  the 
Desert-Wheatear,  yet  the  present  species  seems  to  have  been  obtained  there 
once  ;  while  Schlegel  records  it  from  Haarlem,  Holland.  It  breeds  regularly 
about  as  far  north  as  the  line  of  the  Loire  in  France  ;  southward  in  the  Spanish 
Peninsula,  Morocco,  Algeria,  and  Italy.  In  the  latter  country  it  meets  with 
S.  melanoleuca  f  Guldenstadt  :  a  form  which  some  ornithologists  consider  to 
be  specifically  distinct,  characterised  by  a  whiter  back  and  larger  amount  of 
black  on  the  throat.  This  form  occupies  Greece,  South  Russia,  Asia  Minor, 
Palestine,  and  Persia  ;  both  races  migrating  wholly  or  partially  to  more  southern 
regions  in  \\'inter  and  meeting  in  Tunisia.  The  extremes  of  each  are  distin- 
guishable in  adult  males,  but  there  appear  to  be  numerous  intergradations,  and 
I  have  therefore  treated  the  bird  under  one  heading." 


DESCRIPTION    OP    PLATE. 

Fig.  I  shows  the  golden-bufi  of  the  upper  parts  separated  by  a  dark  greyish 
transverse  band  from  the  white  area  over  the  tail ;  also  the  central  tail-feathers 
black  in  their  entire  length  to  the  base. 

Fig.  2  shows  the  golden-butf  sweeping  ventrally  round  the  sides  of  the  neck 
and  merging  into  the  impure  white  of  the  under  parts  ;  also  the  black  axillaries 
and  under  wing-coverts. 

Figs.  3  and  4  show  the  feet  and  small  slender  claws  in  profile  ;  in  fig.  3 
the  tail  is  viewed  from  below,  in  fig.  4  from  above. 

The  silver-grey  forehead,  black  face  and  throat  with  whitish  semicircular 
collar  beneath,  are  shown  in  each  of  the  four  figures. 

Fig.  5  shows  a  dorsal  view  of  the  skull,  the  right  frontal  bone  of  which  is 
deeply  indented  (D).  Surrounding  the  indentation  is  a  considerable  degree  of 
subcranial  haemorrhage.  This  photograph  was  taken  immediately  after  the 
skin  was  reflected  from  the  head,  before  the  brain  was  removed  and  the  skull 
cleaned  permanently. 

•  The  Black-throated  Wheatear  {Saxicola  stapazina)  described  and  figured  in  Saunders's 
Manual,  now  known  to  be  identical  with  the  Black-throated  form  of  the  Western  Black-eared 
\Vhe&teQ.T(0enantheh.ki8panica).  TheWestern  WTiite-throated  form  has  the  same  distribution,  but 
being  considered  by  Saunders  a  distinct  species  (S.  aurita)  which  had  not  then  visited  the  British 
Isles,  its  distribution  is  not  mentioned  in  his  book. 

■j-  This  bird  is  the  Eastern  Black-eared  Wheatear  {Oenanthe  hispanica  xanthomelaena)  of  modern 
nomenclaturists. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE,    VOL.    XXIV.     1917. 


Pr..  T. 


Western  Black-eared  Wheatear,  from  Ti'skar  J{ocic, 


\\exford. 


Four  photographs  of  the  bird  in  the  flesh  :  fig.  1,  dorsal  view;  fig.  2,  ventral  view;'  fig.  3.  right  profile;  fig.  4, 
left  profile.  Also  a  photograph  of  the  vault  of  the  skull,  showing  at  (D),  fig.  5,  the  deep  indentation  of  the  right 
frontal  bone.  N.B. — The  bird  (figs.  1,  2,  3,  4)  is  represented  at  half  its  natural  size;  the  vault  of  the  skull 
(fig.  5)  at  its  natural  size. 

Photos  by  C.  J.   Patten. 


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A   CLASSIFICATION   OF  THE   PYRALIDAE,   SUBFAMILY 
GALLERIANAE. 

By  sir  GEORGE  F.   HAMPSON,  Bart.,  F.Z.S.,  Etc. 

"DROBOSCIS  well  developed,  short,  or  aborted  and  minute  ;  palpi  of  male  in 
-L  the  typical  genera  short,  upturned  and  thickly  scaled,  hidden  below  the  very 
large  frontal  tuft,  in  female  downcurved  and  two  or  three  times  the  length  of 
head.  In  the  more  ancestral  genera  the  palpi  may  be  long  and  downcurved  in 
both  sexes,  or  rarely  upturned  ;  maxillary  palpi  small  and  filiform,  or  obsolete, 
sometimes  more  developed  and  somewhat  dilated  with  scales,  rarely  long  and 
two-jointed  ;  frons  usually  with  large  tuft  of  hair ;  eye  large,  round ;  antennae 
usually  almost  simple,  sometimes  ciliated,  in  Sphinctocera  wth  a  small  tooth 
at  one-fifth,  the  basal  joint  often  long,  in  Megarthria  very  long  and  curved  ; 
thorax  and  abdomen  without  crests  ;  tibiae  with  all  the  spurs  present.  Fore- 
wing  with  the  shape  very  variable  ;  vein  1  a  separate  from  1  6  ;  1  c  absent  ; 
4  sometimes  absent  or  stalked  ynlh  5  ;  6  sometimes  stalked  with  7,  8,  9  ;  7 
present  ;  9  often  and  8  and  10  rarely  absent  ;  10  from  cell  or  sometimes  stalked 
with  8,  9  ;  the  male  often  has  the  cell  very  much  produced,  sometimes  almost 
to  termen,  and  with  a  glandular  swelling  containing  masses  of  flocculent  hair 
at  base  of  costa  on  underside.  Hindwing  with  the  median  nervure  pectinated 
on  upperside  ;  veins  I  a,  6,  c  present  ;  4  often  and  3  rarely  absent,  3  and  5 
or  4,  5  often  stalked  ;  the  discoceilulars  often  angled  inwards  almost  to  the 
base,  rarely  almost  obsolete  ;    6,  7  from  cell  or  stalked,  in  Agdistopis  6  absent  ; 

7  anastomosing  with  8  or  free  ;    frenulum  of  female  multiple. 

The  neuration  is  not  very  constant,  and  in  the  forewing  of  the  same  species 
vein  6  may  be  from  the  cell  or  stalked  with  7,  8,  9  ;    7  may  be  given  off  from 

8  before  or  beyond  9,  and  10  may  be  rarely  either  present  or  absent  ;  in  the 
hindwing  vein  4  is  rarely  either  present  or  absent. 

Larvae  with  all  the  prolegs  present  ;  in  Galleria  rather  short  and  stout, 
in  Aphoinia  longer  and  more  cylindrical ;  in  Oalleria  and  Achroia  they  live  in  the 
hives  of  bees,  forming  silken  tubular  galleries,  in  Aphomia  in  the  nests  of  Vespa 
or  Bombus,  whilst  some  exotic  species  live  in  the  nests  of  ants. 

A  t  before  a  reference  means  that  the  type  is  in  the  British  Museum,  and 
an  *  that  the  species  is  not  in  the  collection. 

In  my  opinion  the  name  used  for  the  subfamily  and  the  genus  Aphomia 
should  be  respectively  Tineiyiae  and  Tinea  Linn.,  but  in  deference  to  the  wishes 
of  the  Editors  of  the  Novitates  I  have  here  employed  the  terms  Gallerianae  and 
Aphomia  pending  a  more  general  consensus  of  the  opinions  of  zoologists  on  the 
subject. 

Two  species  have  been  clauned  as  the  type  of  the  genus,  sociella  the  first 
on  the  list,  a  pellionella  the  twenty-fLfst. 

Linne's  description  of  Tinea  is  "  Alls  convolutis,  fere  in  cylindrum  ;  frontc 
prominula." 

The  first  part  of  the  description  applies  to  the  wings  in  repose,  in  sociella 
they  are  folded  almost  into  a  cylinder,  in  pellionella  they  are  more  tent-lilie  in 
shape,  with  the  apices  of  the  f  orewings  turned  outwards  ;  the  second  part  applies 

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to  the  hair  on  the  frons  which  in  sociella  forms  a  thick  tuft,  whilst  in  pellionella 
it  consists  of  loose  hair  ;  in  fact  sociella  exactly  answers  the  generic  description, 
and  pellionella  does  not. 

The  Latin  word  Tinea  means  a  larval  insect  pest ;  it  is  used  by  Virgil  for 
the  worms  of  moths  that  live  in  bee-hives,  by  Horace  for  book-worms,  and  by 
other  authors  for  those  of  clothes-moths,  etc. 

The  type  of  a  genus  is  the  species  from  which  the  original  author  described 
that  genus,  and  no  action  by  a  subsequent  author  or  by  all  the  Zoological  Con- 
gresses in  the  world  can  alter  that  fact.  The  difficulty  is  to  determine  what 
that  species  is  when  the  type  is  not  indicated.  The  author  would  naturally 
put  his  type  species  down  first  on  his  list,  but  he  might  subsequently  rearrange 
his  list  so  as  to  get  a  more  natural  order  of  the  species.  Unless,  however,  there 
is  any  evidence  of  this,  such  as  the  first  species  not  agreeing  with  the  generic 
description,  that  species  must  be  presumed  to  be  the  type. 

Under  Tortrix  Linne  states  that  the  larvae  twist  leaves,  uniting  them  by 
threads  and  living  and  feeding  between  them.  The  first  species  on  his  list, 
prasinana,  therefore  cannot  be  the  type,  and  the  second  species,  viridana,  becomes 
the  type. 

The  type  of  Sphinx  is  ligustri,  because  Linne  in  Faun.  Succ.  states  that  it  is 
commonly  called  "  The  Sphinx  "  from  the  attitude  of  the  larva.  Similarly  the 
type  of  Bomhyx  is  mori  because  he  calls  it  "  The  Bombyx,"  and  the  silkworm 
exclusively  was  known  by  that  name  to  the  Greeks  and  Romans. 

Three  methods  are  in  use  for  determining  the  type  of  a  genus  when  the 
type  is  not  indicated. 

1 .  The  above,  which  is  used  in  the  revision  of  the  Sphingidae  by  Rothschild 
and  Jordan,  the  Catalogue  of  Lepidoptera  Phalaenae  in  the  British  Museum,  by 
most  of  the  authors  in  Seitz'  Macrolepidoptera,  and  by  most  American  authors. 
It  is  the  only  method  by  which  finality  can  be  reached,  and  is  rapidly  coming 
into  general  use. 

2.  That  the  first  reviser  of  a  genus  fixes  the  type  of  that  genus.  No  two 
authors  seem  to  agree  exactly  in  their  interpretation  of  this  law,  or  as  to  what 
constitutes  a  revision,  and  whether  a  type  has  been  fixed  or  not.  Its  chief 
advantage  seems  to  be  that  each  author  can  continue  to  use  a  generic  name 
in  the  sense  to  which  he  is  accustomed. 

3.  That  all  species  on  the  original  list  of  a  genus  which  have  been  used  as 
the  types  of  later  genera  shall  be  eliminated,  and  one  of  the  remaining  species 
be  fixed  as  the  type  of  the  genus. 

This  led  to  so  many  anomalies,  such  as  the  least  applicable  species  being 
fixed  as  the  type  of  the  genus,  and  even  a  species  that  the  author  of  the  genus 
had  never  seen,  that  it  has  fallen  into  disuse. 

KEY  TO  THE   GENERA. 

A.  Hindwing  with  veins  3,  4  absent. 

a.  Forewing  with  vein  4  absent,  6,  7,  8  stalked  .  .         Paroxyptera,  p.  27 

b.  Forewing  with  vein  4  present,  6  from  the  cell        .         MetacJirysia,  p.  30 

B.  Hindwing  with  vein  3  present,  4  absent. 

a.  Forewing  with  veins  6,  7,  8,  9  stalked. 

a'.  Hindwng  with  the  cell  open         .  .  .  Arenipses,  p.  36 

bV  Hindwing  with  the  cell  closed       .  .  .        Paraphomia,  p.  37 


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Forewing  with  vein  6  from  the  cell, 
a'.  Forewing  with  vein  4  absent, 
a*.  Forewing  with  vein  9  absent 
h'.  Fore\ving  \\ith  vein  9  present 
b'.  Forewing  with  vein  4  present. 
a=.  Forewing  with  vein  9  absent. 

a'.  Forewing   with   vein     11    becoming 

coincident  vnth  12       . 
b'.  Forewing  wdth  vein  11  free. 

a'.  Forewing  with  veins  4,  5  stalked 
a'.  Frenulum  absent ;  abdomen 
very  long  and  tipuliform  ; 
hindwing  with  vein  6absent 
b".  Frenulum    present  ;    abdo- 
men  normal  ;    hindwing 
with  vein  6  present, 
a'.  Forewing  -with  vein  8 
present ;      hindwing 
with  the  cell  open     . 
b^  Forewing     wth     vein 
8  absent  ;  hindwing 
with  the  cell  closed  . 
b '.  Forewing  with  veins  4,   5  from 
cell. 
a^  Frons  with  tuft  of  scales, 
a'.  Forewing      with    vein 
10  stalked  wth  7,  8 
b^  Forewing  with  vein  10 
from  the  cell   . 
b '.  Frons  without  tuft  of  scales, 
a'.  Hindwing     with      the 
apes  produced    and 
acute 
b'.  Hindwing     with     the 
apex  not  produced  . 
b-.  Forewing  with  vein  9  present. 

a'.  Forewing  with  vein  Tfrom  8  beyond  9. 

a'.  Forewing  with  vein  10  stalked 

with  7,  8,  9. 

a^  Forewing  with  the  cell  long 

b'.  Forewing  with  the  cell  short. 

a'.  Forewing  with  the  apex 

produced  and  acute 

b'.  Fore  wing  with  the  apex 

not  produced. 

a'.  Forewingshort,the 

termen  straight 

b'.   Forewing  long,  the 

termen  rounded 


Anerastidia,  p.  27 
Corcyra,  p.   35 


Rhectophlebia,  p.  27 


Agdistojns,  p.  43 


Stenachroia,  p.   28 
Phycitodes,  p.    26 

Metaraphia,  p.  31 
Eldana,  p.  29 

Achroia,  p.  44 
Prasinoxena,  p.   23 

Antiptilotis,  p.  35 
Acracomi,  p.  30 

Microcklora,  p.  24 
Trachylepidia,  p.  r.6 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 


21 


b'.  Forewing  with  vein  10  from  the 
cell, 
a'.  Forewing   with    the    costa 
excised    beyond    middle, 
the  apex  falcate 
b'.  Forewing    with    the    costa 
evenly  arched, 
a'.  Forewing  with  the  apex 

rectangular     . 
b  ^  Forewing  with  the  apex 
rounded  . 
b'.  Forewing  with  vein  7  from  8  before  9. 
a'.  Forewing  with  vein   10  stalked 

with  7,  8,  9  . 
b'.  Forewing  with  vein  10  from  the 
cell. 
&'.  Forewing  long  and  narrow, 
a".  Forewing      lanceolate, 
the    apex    produced 
and  acute 
b'.  Forewing  with  the  apex 
slightly  produced, 
a'.  Forewing  with  the 
costa      strongly 
arched  towards 
apex 
b'.  Forewing  with  the 
costa       slightly 
arched    . 
b*.  Forewing       shorter       and 
broader,    the    apex    not 
produced 

C.  Hindwing  with  vein  4  present. 

a.  Forewing  with  10  stalked  with  7,  8,  9. 

a'.  Forewing  with  vein  7  from  8  beyond  9. 
b'.  Forewing  with  vein  7  from  8  before  9  or  9 
absent, 
a'.  Forewing  with  vein    3  from  well  before 
angle  of  cell      ..... 
b'.  Forewing  with  vein  3  from  close  to  angle 
of  cell       ...... 

b.  Forewing  with  veins  8, 9,  10  stalked  and  fi,  7  stalked ; 

frons  with  rounded  prominence 

c.  Forewing  with  vein  10  from  the  cell. 

a'.  Forewing    with    vein    9   absent ;  frons   with 
conical  prominence  ..... 


Parazanclodes,  p.  23 

Doloessa,  p.  25 
Afhomia.Tji.  37 

Athaliptis,  p.  45 


Meyriccia,  p.  29 


Ethopia,  p.  31 

Tirathaba,  p.  32 

Heteromicta,X  p.  42 

Paraphycita,  p.  54 

Cathayia,  p.  46 

Epimorius,  p.  45 

Schoenobiodes,  p.  57 

Archigalleria,  p.  55 


X  In  Heteromicta  amydraatis  the  forewing   sometimes  has  vein   7  from  8   beyond  9,  and  in 
H.  oodee  vein  9  ia  sometimes  absent. 


22 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV".     1917. 


'.  Forewing  with  vein  9  present ;  frons  with  large 
tuft  of  hair, 
a-.  Forewing  with  vein  7  from  8  beyond  9. 
a'.  Forewing  long  and  narrow. 

a*.  Forewing  with    the   apex  rect- 
angular        .... 
b  *.  Forewing  with  theapexrounded, 
the  termen  very  short  . 
b'.  Forewing  broader. 

a*.  Forewingwith  thetermenexcised 
b*.  Forewing  with  the  termen  not 
excised  .... 

b*.  Forewing  with  vein  7  from  8  before  9. 
a'.  Palpi  of  male  short,  upturned. 

a'.  Forewingwith  the  discocellulars 
angled. 
a^  Hindwing  with  veins   4,  5 
stalked, 
a*.  Forewingwith  the  apex 
produced  and  falcate 
b^  Forewingwith  the  apex 
not  produced, 
a'.  Forewing        very 

narrow 
b'.  Forewing  broad    . 
b^.  Hindwing  with  veins  4,   5 
from  angle  of  cell  . 
b*.  Forewing  with  the  discocellulars 
curved         .... 
b'.  Palpi  of  male  long  and  downcurved. 
a*.  Forewing  with  the  costa  arched 
beyond    middle   then   rather 
truncate  towards  apex  which 
is  produced  and  acute, 
a'.  Palpi  about  the    length    of 
head    and    fringed    with 
long     hair     below,     the 
maxillary    palpi    dilated 
with  scales    . 
b'.  Palpi     about     twice     the 
length      of      head     and 
moderately  fringed  with 
hair  below,  the  maxillary 
palpi  filiform 
b*.  Forewing  with  the  costa  evenly 
arched,    the    apex    rounded ; 
palpi  about  twice  the  length 
of  head. 
X  In  Lamoria  inoatentalia  vein  4  of  the  hindwing  is  often  absent. 


Picrogama,  p.  47 

Prosthenia,  p.  48 

Galleria,  p.  53 

Acara,  p.  49 


Eucallionyma,  p.  26 


Picrogama  (part),  p.  47 
Schistotheca,  p.  49 

Statia,  p.  26 

Lamoria,X  p.  50 


Otnphalophora,  p.  52 


Acyperas,  p.  52 


NOVITATES   ZOOLOGICAE   XXIV.    1917. 


23 


a^  Antennae   with    the  basal 
jointvery  long  and  curved 
b*.  Antennae   with    the    basal 
joint  short    . 
c'.  Forewing  with  the  costa  slightly 
excised    beyond    middle,    the 
apex    rounded ;    palpi   about 
three  times  length  of  head 
c'.  Forewing  with  vein  7  from  the  cell. 

a'.  Frons  with  very  large  conical  pro- 
minence, grooved  below  ;  palpi 
short  and  upturned  . 
b'.  Frons  with  conical  prominence  end- 
ing in  a  small  corneous  beak  ; 
palpi  obliquely  upturned ;  fore- 
wing with  veins  9  to  12  becoming 
coincident  below  costa 
c'.  Frons  without  prominence  ;  palpi 
porrect,  about  twice  the  length  of 
head  ..... 


Megarthria,  p.  54 
Embryoglossa,  p.  54 

Sphinctocera,  p.  55 

Balaenifrons,  p.  57 

Morpheis,  p.  56 
Galleristhenia,  p.  53 


Type. 

chrysaugeUa 


Gen.  Parazanclodes. 

Parazanclodes  Hmpan.,  Rom.  Mim.  vUi.  p.  490  (1901)        .... 

Proboscis  aborted  ;  palpi  of  male  slight,  upturned  ;  maxillary  palpi  minute  ; 
frons  with  rather  large  tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  short,  the  basal  joint  dilated  ; 
forewing  narrow,  the  costa  arched  at  base,  then  strongly  excised,  the  apex  pro- 
duced and  falcate,  the  termen  strongly  excised  to  middle  ;  the  cell  two-thirds 
length  of  wing ;  vein  3  from  well  before  angle  of  cell ;    4  and  5  well  separated  ; 

6  from  upper  angle  ;  7,  8,  9  stalked,  7  from  beyond  9  ;  10,  II  from  cell  ;  the  male 
with  large  glandular  swelling  at  base  of  costa  on  underside  fringed  with  long 
hair,  the  cell  clothed  with  fine  hair,  a  patch  of  androconia  below  the  cell 
before  base  of  vein  2.  Hindwing  with  vein  2  from  before  angle  of  cell ; 
3  and  5  from  angle  ;  4  absent ;  6,  7  stalked,  7  anastomosing  with  8 ;  the  male 
with  patch  of  androconia  in  lower  extremity  of  cell  on  upper  side. 

*  Parazanclodes  chrysaugeUa. 

Parazanclodes  chrysaugeUa  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  490.  pi.  53.  f.  18  (1901). 
Br.  IT.  Guinea. 

Gen.  Prasinoxena. 

Type. 

Prasinoxena  Meyr.,  Trans.  Eni.  Soc.  1894.  p.  479 monosfila 

Proboscis  slight  ;  palpi  of  male  minute,  upturned,  of  female  porrect  and 
extending  about  the  length  of  head  ;  maxillary  palpi  slight  ;  frons  without 
tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  short,  the  basal  joint  somewhat  long  and  dilated.  Fore- 
wing rather  short  and  broad,  the  costa  rather  oblique  towards  apex  which  is 
produced  and  pointed,  the  termen  obUque  ;  the  cell  long  ;  vein  2  from  middle 
of  cell  ;   3,  4,  5  from  angle  ;   6  from  just  below  upper  angle  ;  7,  8,  and  10  stalked, 

7  from  beyond  10,  9  absent  ;  II  from  cell ;  the  male  with  slight  glandular  swell- 


24  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

ing  at  base  of  costa.  Hindwing  with  the  cell  open  ;  veins  3  and  5  stalked  to 
near  termen,  4  absent ;  7  anastomosing  with  8  ;  the  male  with  a  fold  on  inner 
margin  containing  a  tuft  of  long  hair. 

Sect.  I.  Forewing  of  male  on  underside  with  fringe  of  hair  along  median 
nervure  to  just  beyond  the  cell,  do-miturned  above  the  nervure  and  upturned 
below  it. 

(1)  Prasinoxena  metaleuca. 

t  Prasinoxena  metaleuca  Hmpsn.,  J.  Bomb.  Nat.  Hist.  Soc.  xxi.  p.  1249.  pi.  G.  f.  28  (1912). 
Ceylon. 

Sect.  II.  Forewing  of  male  on  underside  with  a  streak  of  hairy  scales  above 
median  nervure. 

(2)  Prasinoxena  monospila. 

t  Prasinoxena  monospila  Meyr.,  Trans.  Ent.  Soc.  1894.  p.  480 ;   Hmpsn.,  Rom.  ilim.  viii.  p.  499. 
pi.  54.  f.   14. 

Borneo  ;  Fulo  Iiaut. 

Sect.  III.  Forewing  of  male  on  underside  normal. 

(3)  Prasinoxena  bilineella. 

Prasinoxena  bilineella  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  5U0.  pi.  54.  f.  17  (1901). 
Amboina  ;  Batchian. 

(4)  Prasinoxena  viridissima. 

t  Prasinoxena  viridissima  Swinh.,  Fasic.  Malay.  Zool.  i.  p.  98  (1903). 
Selangore. 

(5)  Prasinoxena  hemisema. 

t  Prasinoxena  hemisema  Meyr.,  Trans.  Ent.  Soc.  1894.  p.  480 ;    Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  500. 
pi.  54.  f.  15. 

Fulo  Iiant ;  Sumbawa. 

Gen.  Microchlora. 

Type. 
Microchlora  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  468  (1901)         .....  eariasella 

Proboscis  slight  ;  palpi  of  male  short,  upturned  ;  maxillary  palpi  minute  ; 
frons  •nithout  tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  with  the  basal  joint  long  and  dilated.  Fore- 
wing short  and  broad,  the  apex  rectangular,  the  termen  straight  ;  the  cell 
rather  short  ;  vein  2  from  middle  of  cell  ;  3,  4,  5  well  separated  ;  6  from  upper 
angle;  7,  8,  9,  10  stalked,  7  from  beyond  9;  11  from  cell.  Hindwing  with 
the  cell  short  ;  vein  2  from  near  angle  of  cell ;  3  and  5  stalked,  4  absent  ;  the 
discocellulars  angled  ;  6,  7  from  upper  angle,  7  anastomosing  with  8  ;  the 
male  with  fold  on  inner  area  containing  a  tuft  of  long  hair. 

(1)  Microchlora  eariasella. 

Microchlora  eariasella  Ilmp.sn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  468.  pi.  54.  f.  13  (1901). 
Batchian ;  Celebes. 


NOVITATES   ZOOLOQICAE   XXIV.    1917.  25 

(2)  I  Microchlora  bilineella  n.  sp. 

(J.  Head  and  thorax  emerald-green  ;  pectus,  legs  and  abdomen  whitisli. 
Forewing  emerald-green,  an  erect  slightly  waved  black  and  whitish  antemedial 
line  from  subcostal  nervure  to  inner  margin,  a  white  point  before  it  in  submedian 
fold  ;  a  slightly  waved  black  and  whitish  postmedial  line  from  below  costa  to 
inner  margin,  excurved  to  vein  4  then  rather  oblique,  a  white  point  beyond 
it  below  vein  4  ;  the  costa  towards  apex,  termen  and  cilia  red-brown  and  whitish 
with  a  series  of  white  points  defining  the  green  area.  Hindwing  white.  Under- 
side of  forewing  and  the  costal  area  of  hindwing  green. 

Solomon  Is.,  Bougainville  (Meek),  1  3  type.     Exp.  20  mill. 

Gen.  Doloessa. 

Type. 
Doloesaa  Zell.,  Isis.  1848.  p.  860       ..........         viridis 

Thagora  Wlk.,  xxviii.  205  (1863) figumna 

Proboscis  fully  developed  ;  palpi  of  male  very  short,  upturned,  thickly 
scaled,  of  female  porrect  and  extending  about  the  length  of  head  ;  maxillary 
palpi  filiform  ;  frons  with  large  tuft  of  hair  above  ;  antennae  of  male  almost 
simple,  the  basal  joint  with  tuft  of  hair  below.  Forewing  rather  narrow,  the  apex 
rectangular,  the  termen  evenly  curved  ;  veins  3  and  5  from  close  to  angle  of 
cell  ;  6  from  upper  angle  ;  7,  8,  9  stalked,  7  from  beyond  9  ;  10,  11  from  cell. 
Hindwing  with  vein  2  from  close  to  angle  of  cell ;  3  and  5  strongly  stalked,  4 
absent  ;  the  discocellulars  angled  to  near  base  ;  6,  7  stalked,  7  anastomosing 
with  8. 

Sect.  I.  Forewing  of  male  on  underside  with  the  cell  and  the  area  just  below 
and  beyond  its  extremity  clothed  with  black  androeonia  ;  hindwing  on  upperside 
with  the  costal  area  clothed  with  black  androeonia  to  beyond  middle. 

(1)  Doloessa  hilaropis. 

Melissoblaptes  hilaropis  Meyr.,  Trans.  ErU.  Soc.  1897.  p.  378. 
Doloessa  plumbolineella  HmpsQ.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  488.  pi.  54.  f.  10  (1901). 
Queensland. 

(2)  Doloessa  castanella. 

t  Thagora  castanella  Hmpsn.,  Moths  Ind.  iv.  p.  4  (1896) ;  id.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  488. 
Garcinoptera  ochrociliella  Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  pi.  8.  £.  24  (1893)  non  descr. 

Ceylon ;  Andamans  ;  Christmas  I.  ;  Tenimber. 

Sect.  II.  Wings  of  male  without  patches  of  androeonia. 

(3)  Doloessa  constellata. 

t  Doloessa  constellata  Hmpsn.,  J.  Bomb.  Nat.  Hist.  Soc.  xii.  p.  94  (1901) ;  id.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  489. 
pi.  54.  f.   12. 

Assam,  Khasis. 

(4)  Doloessa  viiidis. 

Doloessa  viridis  ZeU.,  Isis.  1848.  p.  860  ;   Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  489.  pi.  46.  f.  16. 

t  Thagora  figurana  Wlk.,  xxvU.  205  (1863) ;   Hmpsn.,  III.  Het.  D.  M.  ix.   pi.  157.  f.  8;  id.,  Moths 

Ind.  iv.  p.  5. 
Tyana  ornaia  Wileman,  Entom.  xUii.  p.  291  (1910). 

Formosa ;  Ceylon  ;  Philippines  ;  Java  ;    Kei  Is. ;  IT.   Guinea  ;   Solomon  Is.  ; 
Queensland. 


26  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

Gen.  Eucallionyma. 

Type. 
Callionyma  ileyr.,  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  N.S.W.  vii.  p.   IGl  (1882),  neo  Callionymus  Linn., 

Pisces  (1758)  ............      sarcodes 

Eucallionyma  Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  vUi.  p.  430  (1901)  ......      sarcodes 

Proboscis  slight  ;  palpi  of  male  short,  upturned,  thickly  scaled,  of  female 
downcurved  ;  frons  with  large  tuft  of  hair ;  antennae  of  male  almost  simple,  the 
basal  joint  somewhat  dilated.  Forewing  with  the  costa  moderately  arched, 
the  apex  produced  and  somewhat  falcate,  the  termen  obliquely  curved  ;  the 
lower  angle  of  cell  produced  ;  vein  3  from  near  angle  ;  5  from  above  angle  ; 
the  discocellulars  angled  inwards  ;  vein  6  from  upper  angle ;  7,  8,  9  stalked, 
7  from  before  9  ;  10,  11  from  cell  ;  the  male  with  large  fold  on  basal  half  of 
costa  on  underside  containing  masses  of  flocculent  hair.  Hindwing  with  vein 
3  from  angle  of  cell  ;  4,  5  stalked  ;  the  discocellulars  angled  inwards  to  rather 
near  base  ;    6,  7  stalked,  7  anastomosing  with  8. 

Eucallionyma  sarcodes. 

CcUlionyma  sarcodes  Meyr.,  Proc.   Linn.  Soc.  N.S.W.  vii.  p.  161    (1882);    Rag.,   Eom.    Mem.    viii 
p.  431.  pi.  53.  f.  7. 
K.S.  Wales ;  Victoria. 

Gen.  Statia. 

Type. 
Staiia  Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  443  (1901) chlordla 

Proboscis  strong,  short  ;  palpi  of  female  slender,  the  second  joint  oblique 
to  just  beyond  the  frons,  the  third  minute,  porrect,  acuminate  at  tip  ;  antennae 
short,  cihated.  Forewing  with  the  costa  arched,  the  apex  somewhat  produced, 
the  termen  evenly  curved  ;  vein  3  from  near  angle  of  cell ;  4,  5  separate  ;  the 
discocellulars  strongly  angled  inwards,  6  shortly  stalked  with  7,  8,  9  ;  7  from 
before  9  ;  10,  11  from  cell.  Hindwing  with  the  lower  angle  of  cell  much  pro- 
duced ;  vein  3  from  before  angle  ;  4,  5  from  angle  ;  the  discocellulars  strongly 
angled  inwards  ;    6,   7  strongly  stalked,   7  anastomosing  with   8. 

*  Statia  chlorella. 

Statia  chlorella  Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  444.  pi.  45.  f.  14  (1901). 
Peru. 

Gen.  Phycitodes  nov. 

Type  P.  albistriata. 

Proboscis  fully  developed  ;  palpi  of  female  very  short,  porrect  and  not 
reaching  as  far  as  the  large  frontal  tuft  of  hair ;  maxillary  palpi  invisible ; 
antennae  rather  long,  with  shght  tufts  of  scales  at  the  joints.  Forewing  long 
and  narrow,  the  apex  rounded,  the  termen  obliquely  curved  ;  vein  2  from 
towards  angle  of  cell  ;  3  from  before  angle  ;  4,  5  stalked  ;  6  from  upper  angle  ; 
7  from  before  angle  ;  8,  9  absent  ;  10,11  from  cell  ;  a  fringe  of  scales  below 
base  of  costa  on  underside.  Hindwing  with  the  cell  about  one-third  length 
of  wing  ;  vein  2  from  towards  angle  ;  3  from  angle  ;  5  from  just  above  angle, 
4  absent ;  the  discocellulars  curved  ;  6,  7  from  upper  angle  of  cell ;  7  anastomos- 
ing with  8. 


NOVITATES   ZOOLOOICAE   XXIV.    1917.  27 

t  Phycitodes  albistriata  n.  sp. 

$.  Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  reddish  brown  mixed  with  white  ;  forewing 
whitish  tinged  and  thickly  irrorated  with  dark  purphsh  brown  ;  white  fasciae 
on  basal  half  of  costa,  in  lower  part  of  cell  and  on  median  nervnre,  and  streaks 
on  the  veins  beyond  the  cell ;  shght  dark  spots  in  upper  and  lower  angles  of 
cell  and  a  terminal  series  of  points  ;  a  faint  brown  antemedial  line,  excurved 
in  the  cell  then  oblique,  and  faint  rather  diffused  oblique  postmedial  line.  Hind- 
wing  ochreous  white  tinged  with  reddish  brown,  especially  on  costal  area  ; 
a  terminal  brown  line  ;  ciha  white  with  a  brown  line  near  base.  Underside 
more  suffused  with  brown. 

Br.  E.  Africa,  N'dimu  (Betton),  1  ?  type.     Exf.  36  mill. 

Gen.  Rhectophlebia. 

Type. 

Rhectophlebia  Rag.,  Nouv.  Oen.  p.  52  (1888)       ........     monilella 

Proboscis  small ;  palpi  of  female  downcurved,  extending  about  three 
times  length  of  head,  the  second  joint  thickly  scaled,  the  third  short  ;  maxillary 
palpi  absent ;  frons  with  large  tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  ciliated.  Fore\\ing  rather 
narrow,  the  apex  rounded,  the  termen  evenly  curved  ;  vein  2  from  near  angle 
of  cell ;  3  from  angle  ;  4,  5  strongly  stalked  ;  6  from  upper  angle  ;  7,  8  stalked, 
9  absent;  10,  11  from  cell,  11  becoming  coincident  with  12.  Hindwing  with 
the  cell  very  short ;  veins  3  and  5  stalked,  4  absent  ;  6,  7  from  upper  angle,  7 
anastomosing  with  8. 

*  Rhectophlebia  monilella. 

Bhectophlebia  monilella  Rag.,  Nouv.  Gen.  p.  52  (1888) ;   id.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  493.  pi.  8.  f.  23. 
Colombia. 

Gen.  Paroxyptera. 

Type. 
Paroxyptera  Ra,g.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  503  (,1Q01)  .......        filiella 

Proboscis  small  ;  palpi  short,  obUque,  the  third  joint  very  short,  porrect  ; 
maxillary  palpi  obsolete  ;  frons  with  strong  tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  of  female 
minutely  serrate,  the  basal  joint  with  tuft  of  hair  on  inner  side.  Forewing 
narrow,  the  apex  produced,  the  termen  very  obhque ;  veins  3  and  5  from  angle 
of  cell,  4  absent  ;  6,  7,  8  stalked,  9  absent  ;  10,  11  from  cell.  Hindwing  with 
veins  2  and  5  from  angle  of  cell,  3,  4  absent ;  6,  7  from  upper  angle,  7  anas- 
tomosing with  8. 

*  Paroxyptera  filiella. 

Achroea  filiella  Saalm.,  Ber.  Senck.  Ges.  1879.  p.  308  ;  Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  503.  pi.  45.  f.  4. 
Uadagascar. 

Gen.  Anerastidia. 

Type. 
.4ncra«<Mito  Hmpsn.,  i?om.  J/em.  viii.  p.  500  (1901)    .......    albiviltella 

Proboscis  shght  ;  palpi  of  male  short,  upturned,  fringed  with  hair,  of  female 
downcurved  and  extending  about  the  length  of  head  ;  maxillary  palpi  minute  ; 
frons  with  a  large  tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  short,  the  basal  joint  long  and  tufted 


28  NOVITATES  ZOOLOaiCAE   XXIV.    1917. 

with  hair  in  front.  Foreuing  long  and  narrow,  the  apex  rounded,  the  termen 
oblique  ;  the  cell  long  ;  vein  2  from  middle  of  cell  ;  3  and  5  from  angle,  4  absent  ; 
the  discocellulars  curved  ;  vein  6  from  upper  angle  ;  7,  8  stalked,  9  absent  ; 
10,  11  from  cell  ;  the  male  with  small  glandular  swelHng  and  tuft  of  hair  at 
base  of  costa  on  underside.  Hindwing  with  vein  2  from  angle  of  cell ;  3  and  5 
staUjcd,  4  absent  ;  the  discocellulars  retracted  almost  to  base  ;  veins  6,  7  from 
upper  angle,  7  anastomosing  with  8. 

(1)  Anerastidia  rhodoneura. 

Anerastia  rhodoneura  Turner,  Pr.  R.  Soc.  Queensl.  six.  p.  43  (1905). 
Queensland,  Thursday  I. 

(2)  Anerastidia  albivittella. 

t  Anerastidia  albivittella  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  500.  pi.  54.  f.  22  (1901). 
Hypsolropha  bipunctella  Wileman,  Trans.  Era.  Soc.  1911.  p.  356. 
Japan  ;  Borneo  ;  Fnlo  Laut ;  Amboina, 

(3)  t  Anerastidia  pulverea  n.  sp. 

(J.  Head  and  thorax  white  faintly  tinged  with  browoi  ;  abdomen  white,  the 
second  and  third  segments  dorsally  tinged  with  ochreous.  Forewing  white  faintly 
tinged  with  red-brown  and  irrorated  with  a  few  dark  scales  ;  an  oblique  sub- 
terminal  series  of  sUght  blackish  marks  in  the  interspaces  ;  a  terminal  series  of 
black  points.  Hindwing  semihyaline  white,  the  veins  and  termen  tinged  with 
ochreous. 

?.  Thorax  irrorated  with  blackish  scales  ;  forewing  thickly  irrorated  with 
blackish  scales,  a  diifused  antemedial  black  mark  above  inner  margin,  the 
subterminal  spots  and  terminal  points  more  distinct  ;  hindwng  with  the  termen 
tinged  with  brown  towards  apex. 

Argentina,  Gran  Chaco,  Florenzia  (Wagner),  1  cJ  type,  Sta.  Fe,  Ocampo 
(Wagner),  1  ?.     Exp.  22  mill. 

(4)  *  Anerastidia  ebenopasta. 

Anerastidia  ebenopasta  Turner,  Pr.  R.  Soc.  Queensl.  xviii.  p.  122  (1904). 
Queensland. 

Gen.  Stenachroia. 

Type. 
Stenachroia  Hmpsn.,  J.  Bomb.  Nat.  Hist.  Soc.  xii.  p.  93  (1901) elongella 

Proboscis  fully  developed  ;  palpi  of  male  small,  upturned,  thickly  scaled, 
of  female  downcurved,  extending  about  twice  the  length  of  head  ;  frons  with 
large  tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  short,  the  basal  joint  long  and  with  tuft  of  hair 
below.  Forewing  very  long  and  narrow,  the  apex  rounded,  the  termen  obliquely 
curved  ;  vein  2  from  middle  of  cell  ;  3  from  angle  ;  4,  5  strongly  stalked  ;  6 
from  upper  angle  ;  7,  8  stalked  from  before  angle,  9  absent  ;  10,  II  from  cell  : 
the  male  with  glandular  swelling  at  base  of  costa  on  underside  and  fringe  of 
upturned  hair  from  middle  of  median  nervure.  Hindwing  wth  the  cell  open  ; 
veins  3  and  5  stalked,  4  absent ;   6,  7  from  upper  angle,  7  anastomosing  with  8. 


XOVITATES    ZOOLOOICAE    XXIV,     1917.  29 

(1)  Stenachroia  elongella. 

t  Stenachroia  elongella  Hmpan.,  J.  Bomb.  Nat.  Hist.  Soc.  xii.  p.  93  (1901) ;   id.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii. 
p.  494.  pi.  54.  f.  20. 

Assam,  Khasis  ;    Bengal,  Pusa  ;    Ceylon. 

(2)  *  Stenachroia  myrmecophila. 

Stenachroia  myrmecophila  Turner,  Pr.  R.  Soc.  Queensl.  six.  p.  54  (1905). 
Qneeusland. 

Gen.  Eldana. 

Type. 
Eldana  Wlk.,  xxxii.  632  (1865) saccharina 

Proboscis  slight  ;  palpi  of  male  short  and  upturned,  of  female  downcurved 
and  extending  about  the  length  of  head  ;  maxillary  palpi  minute  ;  frons  with 
tuft  of  scales  ;  antennae  short,  the  basal  joint  long  and  dilated.  Forewing 
long  and  narrow,  the  costa  slightly  arched,  the  apex  rounded,  the  termen 
evenly  curved  ;  vein  2  from  middle  of  cell  :  3  from  well  before  angle  ;  4,  5  from 
angle  ;  6  from  upper  angle  ;  7,  8  stalked  from  before  angle,  9  absent ;  10,  11  from 
cell ;  the  male  with  slight  glandular  swelHng  at  base  of  costa  on  underside. 
Hind  wing  with  vein  2  from  near  angle  of  cell ;  3  and  5  stalked,  4  absent ; 
the  discocellular  angled  inwards  to  near  base  ;  veins  6,  7  from  upper  angle,  7 
anastomosing  with  8. 

(1)  *  Eldana  leucostictalis. 

Eldana  leucostictalis  Lower,  Tr.  R.  Soc.  S.  Amir.  1903.  p.  50. 
Queensland. 

(2)  Eldana  saccharina. 

t  Eldana  saccharina  Wlk.,  xxxii.  633  (1865) ;   Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  495.  pi.  45.  f.  18. 
Sierra  Leone  ;  Gold  Coast ;  Mozambiqne. 

Gen.  Meyriccia. 

Type. 
Meyrickia  Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  456  (1901)     ........     latro 

Proboscis  fuUj'  developed  ;  palpi  of  male  short,  upturned,  of  female  down- 
curved  and  extending  about  twice  the  length  of  head  ;  maxillary  palpi  tufted 
vnih  hair  ;  frons  smooth,  with  large  tuft  of  hair  above  ;  antennae  short,  almost 
simple.  Forewing  very  long  and  narrow,  the  apex  rounded,  the  termen  obliquely 
curved  ;  the  cell  about  three-fourths  length  of  wing  ;  vein  3  from  well  before 
angle  ;  4,  5  from  angle  ;  the  discocellulars  angled  ;  6  from  just  below  upper 
angle;  7,  8,  9  stalked,  7  from  before  9;  10,  11  from  cell;  male  with  small 
glandular  swelhng  at  base  of  costa  on  underside  and  the  cell  clothed  with  silky 
hair.  Hind  wing  with  vein  2  from  close  to  angle  of  cell ;  3  and  5  stalked,  4 
absent ;  the  discocellulars  angled  inwards  almost  to  base  ;  6,  7  from  upper 
angle,  7  anastomosing  with  8. 

Meyriccia  latro. 

t  Melissoblaptes  latro  Zell.,  Verh.  zool.-bot.  Ges.  Wien,  1873.  p.  213 ;  Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  457. 
pi.  46.  f.  8. 

IT.  S.  Wales  ;  S.  Australia ;  W.  Australia. 


30  NOVITATES    ZOOLOOICAE    XXIV.    1917. 

Gen.  Metachrysia. 

Typs. 
Metachrysia  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mim.  vUi.  p.  504  (1901)  ......    acyperella 

Proboscis  small ;  palpi  slender,  upturned,  fringed  with  hair  ;  maxillary  palpi 
very  small ;  frons  with  small  tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  of  male  short.  Forewing 
narrow,  the  costa  arched  before  apex  which  is  obliquely  truncate  and  produced 
to  a  point,  the  termen  oblique ;  the  cell  very  long,  the  lower  angle  produced  ; 
veins  2,  3,  4,  5  given  off  at  equal  distances  and  parallel ;  the  discocellulars  very 
oblique  ;  vein  6  from  upper  angle  of  cell ;  7,  8  stalked,  9  absent  ;  10,  11  from 
cell ;  the  male  on  underside  with  the  cell  clothed  with  fine  silky  hair,  with  a 
small  glandular  swelling  at  base  of  costa.  Hindwing  with  the  cell  open  ;  veins 
2  and  5  stalked,  3,  4  absent ;    6,  7  sialked,  7  anastomosing  with  8. 

*  Metachrysia  acyperella. 

Metachrysia  acyperella  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  504.  pi.  53.  £.   17  (1901). 
S'Entrecasteaox  Is,,  Fergusson  I. 

Gen.  Acracona. 

Type. 
Acracona  Karsch,  Ent.  Nachr.  xxvi.  p.  244  (1900)         ......  remipedalis 

Palpi  of  male  minute,  of  female  reaching  just  beyond  the  large  frontal  tuft; 
maxiUary  palpi  small  ;  antennae  with  the  basal  joint  long,  the  shaft  of 
moderate  length  cihated  ;  fore  and  mid  tibiae  and  tarsi  thickened  and  flattened 
especially  in  female.  Forewing  with  the  costa  arched  at  base,  the  apex  strongly 
produced  and  acute  ;  the  cell  rather  short  ;  vein  3  from  near  angle  of  cell  ; 
4,  5  from  angle  ;  the  discocellulars  curved ;  6  from  below  upper  angle  ;  7,  8,  9, 
10  stalked,  7  from  beyond  9;  11  free;  male  with  a  large  glandular  swelling 
enclosing  flocculent  hair  on  underside  of  basal  costal  area  and  a  fringe  of  long 
upwardly  directed  hair  in  submedian  fold  at  middle.  Hindwing  with  veins  3 
and  5  from  angle  of  cell,  4  absent ;  the  discocellulars  angled  inwards  ;  6,  7  from 
upper  angle,  7  anastomosing  with  8. 

(1)  *  Acracona  flammealis  n.  sp. 

Head  and  thorax  purpUsh  red  ;  abdomen  orange-red.  Forewing  purplish 
red  irrorated  with  darker  scales  ;  an  indistinct  discoidal  spot ;  cilia  orange. 
Hindwing  orange-red. 

S.  Nigeria,  Warri  (Roth.),  type  in  coll.  Rothschild.     Exp.  (J  28,  $  36  mill. 

(2)  t  Acracona  metachryseis  n.  sp. 

$.  Head,  thorax,  abdomen  and  forewing  rufous  with  a  greyish  tinge,  the 
last  slightly  irrorated  with  fuscous  and  with  a  fuscous  discoidal  spot ;  cilia  orange. 
Hindwing  golden  orange.     Underside  orange  except  costal  area  of  both  wings. 

Sierra  Leone  (Clements),  1  ?  type.     Exp.  42  mill. 

(3)  *  Acracona  remipedalis. 

Acracona  remipedalis  Karsch,  Ent.  Nachr.  xxvi.  p.  245  (1900). 
Togoland. 


XOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  31 

Gen.  Metaraphia. 

Type. 
Metaraphia  Hmpsn.,  Rcrm.  Mem.  viii.  p.  49-1  (1901)   .......    postluteella 

Proboscis  slight  ;  palpi  of  female  short,  porrect,  typically  not  extending 
as  far  as  the  frontal  tuft  which  is  large  and  truncate  ;  antennae  short,  the 
basal  joint  long  and  curved.  Forewing  long  and  narrow,  the  costa  slightly 
arched,  the  apex  typically  acute,  the  termen  evenly  curved  ;  the  cell  long  ; 
vein  2  from  middle  of  cell  ;  3  from  well  before  angle  ;  4,  5  from  angle  ;  the 
discocellulars  angled  ;  6  from  upper  angle  ;  7,  8  and  10  stalked,  7  from  beyond 
10,  9  absent ;  11  from  ceU  ;  a  small  glandular  swelling  at  base  of  costa  on  under- 
side. Hindwing  with  the  apex  typically  produced  and  acute  ;  vein  2  from 
near  angle  of  cell ;  3  and  5  stalked,  4  absent ;  the  discocellulars  strongly  angled  ; 
6,  7  from  upper  angle,  7  anastomosing  with  8. 

Sect.  I.  Both  wings  with  the  apex  produced  and  acute  ;  forewing  with  vein 
2  from  middle  of  cell ;   palpi  not  extending  as  far  as  the  frontal  tuft. 

(1)  Metaraphia  postluteella. 

t  Metaraphia  postluteella  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  495.  pi.  55.  £.  2  (1901). 
Borneo,  Baram. 

Sect.  II.  Both  wings  with  the  apex  rounded  ;  forewing  with  vein  3  from 
near  angle  of  cell ;    palpi  extending  about  the  length  of  head. 

(2)  t Metaraphia  calamistis  n.  sp. 

$.  Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  ochreous  tinged  with  rufous,  especially  on 
dorsum  of  abdomen.  Forewing  ochreous  irrorated  with  black-brown  especially 
along  median  nervure ;  a  diffused  antemedial  blackish  mark  on  vein  1  and  ter- 
minal series  of  points.  Hindwing  ochreous,  the  termen  brownish.  Underside 
with  the  forewing  and  costal  area  of  hindwing  irrorated  with  brown. 

W.  Colombia,  San  Antonio  (Palmer),  1  ?  type.     Exf.  28  miU. 

Gbn.  Ethopia. 

Type. 
Ethopia  Wlk.,  xxxi.  233  (1863) roseilinea 

Proboscis  fully  developed  ;  palpi  of  male  short,  upturned,  thickly  scaled,  of 
female  obliquely  upturned,  the  second  joint  reaching  to  about  middle  of  frons, 
the  third  long,  smoothly  scaled  ;  maxillary  palpi  shght ;  frons  with  tuft  of  hair  ; 
antennae  short,  almost  simple  ;  male  with  large  protrusible  genital  tuft.  Fore- 
wing narrow,  the  costa  highly  arched  throughout  in  female,  towards  apex  only 
in  male,  the  apex  rounded,  the  termen  obliquely  curved,  the  inner  margin  some- 
what excised  towards  tornus  ;  male  with  vein  3  from  just  before  angle  of  cell  ; 
4  from  angle  with  a  recurrent  vein  running  back  from  it  to  middle  of  subcostal 
nervure  ;  vein  5  from  middle  of  cell  from  the  almost  obsolete  discocellulars 
which  are  strongly  angled  inwards  above  it ;  6  from  upper  angle  ;  7,  8,  9  stalked, 
7  from  before  9  ;  10,  1 1  from  cell  ;  the  cell  on  underside  clothed  with  silky 
downturned  hair  ;  female  with  veins  4,  5  from  angle  of  cell  and  the  discocellulars 
strongly  angled  inwards.  Hindwing  with  veins  3  and  5  from  angle  of  cell, 
4  absent  ;  the  discocellulars  angled  inwards  to  near  base  ;  6,  7  strongly  stalked 
and  anastomosing  with  8  ;  the  male  with  fringe  of  long  downturned  hair  on 
upperside  from  beyond  upper  angle  of  cell. 


32  NOVITATES   ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917. 

Ethopia  roseilinea. 

Eehopia  roseilinea  Wlk.,  xxxi.  233  (1863) ;   Swinh.,  Cat.  Het.  Jhis.  Oxon.  ii.  pi.  vii.  f.  4;  Hmpsn., 

Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  458.  pi.  53.  £.  6. 
Grambomorpha  aurora  Voll.,  Tijd.  v.  Ent.  xvi.  p.  246.  pi.  12.  f.  2  (1873). 

Philippines,  Mindanao  ;  Salawati  ;  Dntch  N.  Guinea ;  S'Entrecasteanx  Is., 
Fergusson  I. 

Gen.  Tirathaba. 

Type. 

TiVa<^6a  Wlk.,  XXX.  961  (1864) mundetta 

.a/wcm/to  Wlk.,  XXXV.  1739  (1866) mundella 

Harpagoneura  Butl,  A.  M.  N.  H.  {5).  XV.  p.  242  {ISS5) complexa 

Coleoneura  Rag.,  Noiiv.  Gen.  p.  52  (1888)  ........        trichogramma 

Proboscis  fully  developed  ;  palpi  of  male  short,  upturned,  thickly  scaled, 
of  female  downcurved  and  extending  about  twice  the  length  of  head  ;  maxillary 
palpi  slight ;  frons  with  tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  short  and  almost  simple.  Fore- 
wing  narrow,  the  apex  shghtly  produced,  the  termen  evenly  curved  ;  the  cell  in 
male  typically  about  two-thirds  length  of  wing  ;  vein  3  from  just  before  angle 
of  cell  ;  4  from  angle  ;  5  typically  from  well  above  angle  ;  the  discocellulars 
angled  inwards  ;  6  from  below  upper  angle  ;  7,  8,  9  staUsed,  7  from  before  9  ; 
10,  11  from  cell  ;  the  male  typically  with  small  glandular  swelling  at  base  of 
costa  on  underside  and  the  cell  clothed  with  silky  androconia  ;  female  with 
vein  3  typically  from  near  angle  of  cell  and  4,  5  strongly  stalked.  Hindwing 
with  veins  3  and  5  from  angle  of  cell  or  stalked,  4  absent ;  the  discocellulars 
angled  inwards  to  near  base  ;  6,  7  from  upper  angle,  7  touching  8  at  a  point  ; 
the  male  with  fringe  of  hair  from  below  basal  part  of  costa  on  upperside. 

Sect.  I.  (Harpagoneura).  Forewing  of  male  with  an  elongate  brand  beyond 
upper  angle  of  cell,  the  subcostal  neuration  and  terminal  area  distorted  ;  the 
cell  extending  to  about  three-fourths  of  wing. 

(1)  Tirathaba  acrocausta. 

t  Harpagoneura  acrocausta  Meyr.,  Trans.  Ent.  Soc.  1897.  p.  79  ;   Hmpsn.,  Horn.  Mem.  viii.  p.  466. 

pi.  54.  f.  9. 
Mucialla  fuscolimbalis  Snell.,  Tijd.  v.  Ent.  xliii.  p.  308.  pi,  17.  ff.  10.  II  (1900). 

Philippines  ;  Java ;  Celebes,  Sangir  I.  ;  D'Entrecasteaaz  Is.,  Fergusson  I.  ; 
Louisiade  Is.,  St.  Aignan  ;    Queensland,  Cedar  Bay. 

(2)  Tirathaba  trichogramma. 

Heteromicta  trichogramma  Meyr.,  Trans.  Ent.  Soc.  1886.  p.  273  ;    Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  461. 

pi.  51.  f.  13. 
Coleoneura  tacanovella  Rag.,  Nouv.  Gen.  p.  52  (1888). 

Piji.     The  larva  eats  into  young  coconuts. 

(3)  Tirathaba  complexa. 

t  Harpagoneura  complexa  Butl.,  A.  M.  N.  H.  (5).  xv.  p.  242  (1885) ;  Rag.,  Rom.  Mim.  viii.  p.  465. 
pi.  54.  f.  7. 
Ellice  Is. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  33 

(4)  *  Tirathaba  irrufatella. 

Tirathaba  irrufatella  Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  462.  pi.  43.  f.  26  (1901). 
Japan. 

Sect.  II.  Forewing  of  male  without  brand  beyond  upper  angle  of  cell,  the 
subcostal  neuration  and  terminal  area  not  distorted. 

A.  Forewing  of  male  with  the  cell  extending  almost  to  termen. 

(5)  t  Tirathaba  pseudocomplana  n.  n. 

Harpagoneura  complana  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  466.  pi.  46.  f.  l.'J  (nee  Feld). 

Br.  BT.  Guinea,  Aroa  R.  ;  D'Entrecasteaiix  Is.,  Fergusson  I.  ;  Solomon  Is., 
Florida  I.  ;    Qneensland,   Geralton. 

B.  Forewing  with  the  cell  extending  to  about  two-thirds  of  wing. 
a.  (Tirathaba).  Forewing  of  female  with  veins  4,  5  strongly  stalked. 

(6)  Tirathaba  mimdella. 

t  Tirathaba  munddla  Wlk..  xxx.  961  (1864). 
t  Mucialla  mundella  Wlk.,  xxxv.  1739  (1866). 

Borneo,  Sarawak. 

h.  Forewing  of  female  with  veins  4,  5  from  cell  or  shortly  stalked. 

a'.  Forewing  of  male  on  underside  with  glandular  swelling  below  base 
of  costa  and  the  cell  clothed  with  silky  androconia. 

(7)  t  Tirathaba  ignivena  n.  sp. 

?.  Head  and  thorax  brownish  grey  tinged  with  purplish  red  ;  abdomen 
orange-yellow  ;  pectus  and  legs  whitish  irrorated  with  red-brown  ;  ventral 
surface  of  abdomen  yellowish  white.  Forewing  pale  grey-brown,  the  basal  and 
costal  areas  irrorated  with  a  few  black  scales  ;  the  veins  below  costa  with  rather 
diffused  purplish-red  streaks,  the  other  veins  and  inner  margin  with  well-defined 
fiery-red  streaks  ;  a  fine  black  terminal  line  interrupted  by  white  points  ;  cilia 
red-brown  \vith  blackish  marks  near  base.  Hindwing  orange-yellow.  Underside 
of  forewing  yellow  with  a  brownish  tinge. 

Louisiade  Is.,  St.  Aignan,  1  $  type.     Exji.  .36  miU. 

(8)  Tirathaba  ruflvena. 

t  Lamoria  rufivenaWlk.,  xxx.  960  (1864) ;  Hmpsn.,  Moths  Ind.  iv.  p.  5 ;  id.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  460. 

pi.  46.  f.  7. 
Lamoria  ruplilinea  Wlk.,  xxxv.  1723  (1866). 
Melissoblaptes  rufovenalis  Snell.,  Tijd.  i\  Ent.  xxiii.  p.  248  (1879) ;   id.,  xxvii.  p.  53.  pi.  5.  f.  10. 

Ceylon ;  Singapore  ;  Borneo,  Sarawak  ;  Bali ;  Bnm ;  Celebes  ;  Gilolo  ; 
Batchian  ;  Dutch  IT.  Guinea ;   Louisiade  Is.,  8t.  Aignan  I.  ;    Queensland. 

(9)  t  Tirathaba  maculifera  n.  sp. 

(J.  Head  and  thorax  white  mixed  with  ferruginous  ;  abdomen  orange- 
yellow,  the  anal  tuft  white  at  tip.  Forewing  white,  the  costal  area  and  sub- 
median  fold  tinged  with  ferruginous  ;  the  wing  mottled  with  ferruginous  spots 
especially  along  submedian  fold  and  an  ill-defined  subterminal  band  ;    a  short 

3 


34  XOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     191". 

streak  in  base  of  cell  and  spots  at  unddle  of  cell  and  upper  angle  ;  a  terminal 
series  of  points.     Hindwing  and  underside  orange-j-ellow. 

$.  Forewing  entirely  suffused  with  ferruginous,  the  veins  streaked  with 
ferruginous,  the  subterminal  band  just  traceable,  the  spots  absent. 

Sntch  N.  Goiitea,  Ron  J.  (Doherty),  l  (J  ;  B'Entrecasteaux  Is.,  Goodenough  I. 
(Meek),  1  o".  Woodlark  I.  (Meek),  1  <J  type,  ?  in  coll.  Kothscliild  ;  Lonisiade  Is., 
St.  Aignan  I.  (Meek),  1  3-     Exp.  24-30  mill. 

(10)  tTirathaba  Juscistriata  n.  sp. 

?.  Head  and  thorax  ochreous  grey  tinged  with  purplish  red-brown  ;  abdo- 
men dull  ochreous.  Forewing  ochreous  grey  tinged  with  purplish  red-brown, 
the  veins  of  costal  half  streaked  with  blackish  ;  traces  of  postmedial  and  sub- 
terminal  series  of  slight  brownish  spots  ;  the  apical  part  of  costa  and  termen 
with  series  of  dark  striae  ;  cilia  pale  purplish  red,  the  tips  dark  towards  apex. 
Hind\ving  dull  ochreous,  the  costal  area  tinged  with  brown,  the  cilia  pale  purplish 
red.  Underside  dull  ochreous  ;  forewing  with  the  disk  suffused  with  fuscrus, 
the  costal  and  terminal  areas  tinged  with  purple  ;  hindwing  with  the  ccstal 
area  suffused  with  fuscous. 

Dutch  N.  Guinea,  Dorey  (Doherty),  1  §  type.     Exp.  30  mill. 

(11)  *Tirathaba  purpurella  n.  sp. 

9  Head  and  thorax  pale  ochreous  tinged  with  jnirplish  ;  palpi  fuscous  at 
tips  ;  metathorax  edged  with  fuscous  ;  abdomen  ochreous,  the  anal  tuft  and 
ventral  surface  tinged  with  purple.  Forewing  purple  suffused  with  fuscous, 
the  veins  streaked  with  fuscous  ;  a  rufous  discoidal  spot.  Hindwing  greyish 
fuscous,  somewhat  ochreous  towards  base  ;    cilia  purple  on  apical  half. 

Louisiade  Is.,  St.  Aignan  I.  (Meek),  type  $  in  coll.  Rothschild.  Exp.  38  mill. 

(12)  Tirathaba  grandinotella. 

t  Tirathaba  grandinotella  Hmpsn.,  J.  Bomb.  N.  H.  Sac.  xii.  p.  96  (1898) ;  id.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  462, 
pi.  4.'-).  f.  17. 

Assam,  Kha-iis  ;    Amboina. 

(13)  Tirathaba  semifoedalis. 

Jiotys  semijocdalis  Wlk.,  xxxiv.  1439  (1865)  ;    Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  462.  pi.  54.  £.  4, 
Bhutan  ;  Celehes,  Sula  I. 

(14)  Tirathaba  parasitica. 

Melissoblaptes  parasiticus  Lucas,  Pr.  R.  Sue.  Queeiisl.  xiii.  ]).  85  (1898). 
Ilarpajotieura  hepialivora  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  464.  jil.  53.  f.  19  (1901). 

Queensland. 

(15)  Tirathaba  haematella. 

t  Tirathaba  haematella  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  463.  pi.  54.  f.  21  (19Ul). 
Aru  Is. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  35 

6'.  Forewiiig  of  male  without  secondary  sexual  characters. 
(16)  Tirathaba  unicolorella. 

t  ilucialla  unicolorella  Hmpan.,  Moths  Ind.  iv.  p.  5  (1896) ;  id.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  463.  pi.  54.  f.  6. 
Bhutan  ;  Assam,  Khasis. 

(17)  t  Tirathaba  nitidalis  n.  sp. 

?.  Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  white,  the  anal  tuft  brownish.  Forewing 
silvery  white,  the  costal  edge  black  towards  base ;  a  diffused  purplish-fuscous 
subterminal  line,  slightly  excurved  at  middle,  the  area  beyond  it  faintly  tinged 
with  purplish  fuscous.  Hindwing  .silvery  white,  the  inner  area  slightly  tinged 
with  brown. 

Dutch  IT.  Guinea,  Kapaur  (Doherty),  1  5  type.     Exp.  18  mill. 

Gen.  Antiptilotis. 

Type. 
Antiptilotis  Meyr.,  Trans.  Ent.  Soc.  1897.  p.  80 rubicuTida 

Proboscis  fully  developed  ;  palpi  of  male  short,  upturned  ;  maxillary  palpi 
slight  ;  frons  with  large  tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  short,  the  basal  joint  with  tuft 
of  hair.  Forewing  narrow,  the  costa  arched  at  base,  the  apex  somewhat  produced, 
the  termen  obliquely  curved  ;  cell  long  ;  vein  2  from  middle  of  cell  ;  3  from 
near  angle  ;  4,  5  from  angle  ;  6  from  upper  angle  ;  7,  S.  9,  10  stalked,  7  from 
,  beyond  9  ;  11  from  cell  ;  the  male  with  large  glandular  swelling  at  base  of  costa 
on  underside  fringed  with  hair  at  extremity  met  by  a  fringe  of  upturned  hair 
from  middle  of  median  nervure.  Hindwing  with  the  apex  produced  and  acute  ; 
the  cell  short,  vein  2  from  near  angle  of  cell  ;  3  and  5  stalked,  4  absent ;  the 
discocellulars  angled  ;  6,  7  shortly  stalked,  7  not  ana.stomosing  with  8 ;  the 
male  with  tuft  of  scales  on  upperside  below  base  of  cell. 

Antiptilotis  nibicunda. 

t  Antiptilotis  rubicunda  Meyr.,  Trans.  Ent.  Soc.  1897.  p.  80  ;  Hmpsn.,  Rum.  Mem.  viii.  p.  467.  pi.  54. 

f.  2. 
MelissoUaptes  emhelidlus  Snell.,  Tijd.  v.  Ent.  xliii.  p.  308.  pi.  17.  f.  9  (1900). 

Java;  Celebes,  Sangir  I. 

Gen.  Corcyra. 

Type. 
Corcyra  Rag.,  Ent.  Mo.  Mag.  xxii.  p.  23  (1885)  .......  cephalonica 

Proboscis  almost  obsolete  ;  palpi  of  male  short,  upturned,  thickly  scaled, 
of  female  downcurved  and  extending  about  twice  the  length  of  head  ;  maxillary 
palpi  minute  ;  frons  with  large  tuft  of  hair  above  ;  antennae  short,  the  basal 
joint  large  and  with  tuft  of  hair  below.  Forewing  narrow,  the  costa  arched 
towards  apex  wl  ich  is  rounded,  the  termen  obliquely  curved  ;  vein  2  from  well 
beyond  middle  of  cell  ;  3  and  5  from  angle,  4  absent ;  the  discocellulars  angled  ; 
vein  6  from  just  below  upper  angle  ;  7,  8,  9  stalked,  7  from  beyond  9;  10,  11 
from  cell  ;  the  male  with  slight  glandular  swclUng  at  base  of  costa.  Hindwing 
with  vein  2  from  near  angle  of  cell ;  3  and  5  stalked,  4  absent ;  the  discocellulars 
retracted  to  near  base  ;   veins  0,  7  from  upper  angle,  7  anastomosing  with  8. 


36  XOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

(1)  Corcyra  cephalonica. 

Melissoblaples  cephalonica  Sttn..  Ent.  Mo.  Mag.  ii.  p.  172  (186.5)  ;   Rag..  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  491. 

pi.  45.  f.  23;  Staud.,  Cat.  Lep.  pal.  ii.  p.  1. 
ilelissoblaptes  neconnmellus  Mann,  Verh.  zoot.-bot.  ges.  U'lVre,  1872.  p.  35. 

W.  Indies ;  Brazil ;  Britain  ;  Germany ;  Sicily  ;  Corcyra  ;  Bulgaria ; 
Seychelles  ;  Asia  Kinor,  Bitlij'iiia  ;  Uadras  ;  Ceylon ;  Java  ;  Christmas  I. ; 
Cocos  Keeling  I. ;  IT.  Australia. 

(2)  Corcyra  translineella. 

Corcyra  translineeUa  Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  492.  pi.  .51.  f.  26  (1901). 

Sudan  ;  Br.  C.  Africa  ;  Beuuion  ;  Ceylon ;  Kei  Is.  Probably  not  distinct 
from  C.  cepfialoniai. 

(3)  *  Corcyra  asthenistis. 

Corcyra  asthenistis  Turner,  Pr.  R.  Soc.  Qiieensl.  xviii.  p.  155  (1904). 
Queensland. 

Gen.  Arenipses. 

Type. 
Arenipses  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  501   (1901) sabella 

Proboscis  fully  developed  ;  palpi  of  male  short,  upturned  and  fringed 
with  hair,  of  female  downcurved  and  extending  about  three  times  length  of 
head;  frons  with  large  tuft  of  hair;  antennae  short,  the  basal  joint  rather 
large.  Forevving  narrow,  the  apex  rounded,  the  termen  evenly  curved  ;  the 
cell  in  male  very  long  and  produced  to  a  point  at  vein  5  ;  veins  2,  3,  4,  5  given 
off  at  equal  distances  and  parallel  ;  the  discocellulars  very  obUque  ;  veins 
6,  7,  8,  9  stalked.  7  from  beyond  9  ;  10,  11  from  cell  ;  the  cell  on  underside 
clothed  with  fine  silky  hair  and  with  a  large  glandular  swelling  filled  with  floccu- 
lent  hair  at  base  of  co.sta  ;  of  female  with  the  cell  normal ;  vein  3  from  before 
angle  of  cell  ;  4,  5  separate,  the  discocellulars  angled.  Hindwing  with  the  cell 
open,  the  lower  discocellular  very  faint  and  the  upper  absent  ;  veins  3  and  5 
stalked,  4  absent  ;    6,  7  stalked,  7  anastomosing  with  8. 

Arenipses  sabella. 

t  Arenipses  .mbella  Hmp3n.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  501.  pi.  24.  f.  1  (1901) ;  Stand..  Cat.  Lep.  pal.  ii.  p.  1. 
Algeria ;  Arabia  ;  Persia. 

Gex.  Trachylepidia. 

Type. 
Trachylepidia  Rag.,  Ann.  Soc.  Ertt.  Fr.  1887.  p.  260     ......      fructicassiella 

Proboscis  sUght ;  palpi  of  male  short,  upturned,  thickly  sealed,  of  female 
downcurved  and  extending  about  the  length  of  head  ;  maxillary  palpi  slight  ; 
frons  with  large  tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  of  moderate  length,  the  basal  joint 
with  tuft  of  scales  below.  Forewing  narrow,  the  apex  rounded,  the  termen 
evenly  curved  ;  the  cell  rather  short  ;  vein  2  from  middle  of  cell  ;  3  from  well 
before  angle  ;  4,  5  from  angle  ;  6  from  just  below  upper  angle  ;  7,  8,  9,  10  stalked, 
7  from  beyond  9  ;  11  from  cell  ;  the  male  with  large  glandular  swelling  at  base 
of  costa  on  underside,  fringed  with  hair  at  extremity  met  by  a  fringe  of  upturned 
hair  from  middle  of  median  nervure.     Hindwing  with  vein  2  from  near  angle 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  37 

of  cell ;   3  and  5  stalked,  4  absent  ;   tlie  discocellulars  angled  to  near  base  ;    6,  7 
from  upper  angle  ;    7  anastomosing  with  8. 

Trachylepidia  fructicassiella. 

Trachylepidia  frutlicassiella.  Rag.  Ann.  Noc.  Enl.  Fr.  1SS7.  p.  260;   id.,  Rom.  Mim.  viii.  p.   469. 
pi.  46,  f.  15. 

Egypt ;  Mozambique  ;  Transvaal ;  Syria  ;  Punjab  ;  Bengal ;  Ceylon. 

Gex.  Paraphomia. 

Typo. 
Paraphomia  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  501  (1901)    .......     vineieella 

Proboscis  slight ;  palpi  of  male  short,  upturned,  of  female  do^^  ncurved 
and  extending  about  the  length  of  head  ;  maxillary  paljii  slight ;  Irons  with 
small  tuft  of  scales  ;  antennae  short,  the  basal  joint  long  and  dilated.  Forewing 
with  the  costa  arched,  the  apex  rounded  ;  the  cell  narrow  and  lorg  ;  vein  2 
from  about  the  middle  of  cell  ;  3  from  well  befcre  angle  ;  4,  5  from  angle  ;  the 
discocellulars  angled  ;  6,  7,  8,  9  stalked  ;  10,  11  from  cell ;  the  male  with  glandular 
sweUing  at  base  of  costa  on  underside.  Hindwing  with  vein  2  from  near  angle 
of  ceU  ;  3  and  5  strongly  stalked,  4  absent  ;  the  discocellulars  angled  inwards 
almost  to  base  ;   6,  7  stalked,  7  anastomosing  xi  ith  8. 

(1)  *  Paraphomia  vineteella. 

Paraphomia  vineteella  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  502.  pi.  55.  f.  1  (1901). 
Tenimber  Is. ;    Queensland,  Cedar  Bay. 

(2)  *  Paraphomia  natalensis. 

Paraphomia  natalensis  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mim.  viii.  p.  502.  pi.  55.  f.  5  (1901). 
Natal. 

Gen.  Aphomia. 

Type. 

Tinea  Linn.,  Syst.  Nat.  edit.  x.  p.  496  (1858).  partim  t ?  sociella 

i4pAom»a  Hiibn.,  T'cr;.  p.  369(1827) sociella 

§  Mdia  Curt.,  Brit.  Enl.  vi.  p.  201  (1829)  nee  Bilb.  Crust.  1820            ....  sociella 

MelianaCmt..  Brit.  Ent.  vi.  InAeK  (\fi2ii) sociella 

Mdiisoblaptes  Zell.,  Isis.  1839.  p.  180 foedella 

Bopora  Wlk.,  xxxii.  p.  620  (1865) ohlilerosa 

Paralipsa  But!.,  A.  M.  N.  H.  (5).  iv.  p.  454  (1879) gularis 

Proboscis  fully  developed  ;  palpi  of  male  short,  upturned,  thickly  scaled, 
of  female  downcurved  and  extending  about  three  times  length  of  head  ;  maxillary 
palpi  dilated  with  scales  ;  frons  with  large  tuft  of  hair  above  ;  antennae  about 
half  the  length  of  wing,  the  1st  joint  with  tuft  of  scales  below.  Forewing  rather 
narrow,  the  costa  arched,  the  termen  evenly  curved  ;  the  males  typically  with 
the  cell  very  large  and  extending  almost  to  the  termen  ;  veins  3,  4,  5  widely 
separated  and  parallel ;  the  discocellulars  almost  obsolete,  6  from  below  upper 
angle  of  cell  ;  7,  8,  9  stalked,  7  from  beyond  9 ;  10,  1 1  from  cell ;  a  small  glandular 
swelling  at  base  of  costa  on  underside  and  the  whole  cell  clothed  with  fine  silky 
scales  ;  female  with  the  cell  about  two-thirds  length  of  wing  ;  vein  3  from  well 
before  angle  ;    4,   5  from  angle  ;    the  discocellulars  strongly  angled  ;    6  from 

X  Cf.  p.  17- 

§  Curtis  fixes  the  type  as  soct'eiia,  and  his  description  tind  structural  details  on  the  plate  of 
Senia  flammea  are  from  sociella. 


38  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     I!117. 

upper  angle.  Hindwing  with  the  termen  excised  below  apex  ;  vein  2  from 
close  to  angle  of  cell  ;  3  and  5  strongly  stalked,  4  absent  ;  the  discocellulars 
obsolescent  and  angled  inwards  to  near  base  ;  6,  7  from  upper  angle,  7  anas- 
tomosing with  8. 

Sect.  I.  {Aphomia).  Forewing  of  male  with  the  cell  very  broad  and  extending 
almost  to  termen,  veins  3,  4,  5  widely  separated  and  parallel,  the  discocellulars 
very  indistinct,  vein  6  from  below  upper  angle  ;  a  .small  glandular  swelling  at 
base  of  costa  on  underside  and  the  whole  cell  clothed  with  silky  scales. 

(1)  Aphomia  sociella. 

Tinea  sociella  Linn.,  Syst.  Nat.  edit.  x.  p.  534  (1758)  Si  Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  471  ;  Staud.,  Cat. 

Lep.  pal.  ii.  p.  1  ;   Dyar,  Cat.  Lep.  N.  Am.  p.  413. 
Tinea  colonella  Linn.,  Syst.  Nat.  edit.  x.  p.  534  (1758)  $  ;   Clerck,  Icones.  pi.  3.  ff.  8.  11  ;   Hiibn., 

Eur.  Schmidt.  Tin.  ff.  22,  23  ;   Dup.,  Up.  Fr.  x.   pi.  282.  f.  6  ;   Steph.,  //(.  Brit.  Ent.  Haust. 

p.  296. 
Tinea  tribunella  Sohiff.,   iVieii  Vers.  p.  319  (1770). 
Aphomia  sociella  ab.  rufinella  Krul.,  Rev.  Russ.  Ent.  viii.  p.  274  (1909). 

IT.  America  ;  Europe  ;  Asia  Minor  ;  Syria. 

Sect.  II.  (Pamlipsu).  Forewing  of  male  with  the  cell  shorter  and  narrower, 
produced  at  extremity  but  not  reaching  to  near  termen,  veins  3,  4,  5  well  separ- 
ated and  parallel,  6  from  below  upper  angle,  a  large  glandular  swelling  at  base 
of  costa  on  underside  extending  to  near  middle  of  wing  and  fringed  with  long 
hair  outwardly,  the  whole  cell  clothed  with  silky  andrcconia. 

(2)  Aphomia  gularis. 

Meliasdblaptes  gularis  Zell.,  Hor.  Soc.  Ent.  Rose.  xiii.  p.  74.  pi.  1.  f.  26  and  pi.  2.  f.  27  (1877). 

t  Paralipsa  modesta  Butl.,  .4.  M.  N.  H.  (5).  iv.  p.  455  (1879)  S  ;   Rag..   Rovi.  Mem.  viii.  p.  474. 

pi.  43.  f.  25. 
t  Melissoblaptes  tenebrosus  Butl..  ///.  Hel.  B.  M.  iii.  p.  78.  pi,  60.  f.  1  (1879)  ?. 
Japan ;  C.  and  W.  China  ;  Sikkim  ;  Bhntan  ;   Madras. 

(3)  *  Aphomia  spoliatrix. 

Aphomia  spoliatrix  Christ.,  Bull.  Nat.  Mosc.  Ivi.  p.  59  (1881) ;   Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  476.  pi. 
46.  f.  14  ;   Stand.,  Cat.  Lep.  pal.  ii.  p.  1. 
E.  Siberia. 

(4)  *  Aphomia  decolorella. 

Paralipsa  decolorella  Hmpsn..  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  474.  pi.  53.  f.  3  (1001). 
S'Entrecasteauz  Is.,  Fergusson  I. 

(5)  f  Aphomia  ochracea  n.  sp. 

(J.  Pale  ochreous  sUghtly  tinged  with  brown.  Forewing  irrorated  with  a 
few  black  scales,  the  costal  and  terminal  areas  slightly  tinged  with  red  ;  faint 
dark  points  at  middle  and  end  of  cell  ;  traces  of  a  curved  postmedial  line  ;  a 
terminal  series  of  black  points.     Hindwing  ochreous  white. 

?.  Head,  thorax  and  forewing  whitish  tinged  and  irrorated  with  purplish 
red  ;    abdomen  and   hindwing  suffused  with  br<nvn. 

Dutch  TH.  Guinea,  Jobi  1.  (Doherty) ;  Louisiades  Is.,  Woodlark  I.,  St.  Aignan 
(Meek),  1  cJ,  1  ?  type.     E.vp.  S  24,  ?  26  mill. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  39 

(6)  *Aphomia  erabella. 

Paralipsa  erubella  Hmpan.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  475.  pi.  53.  f.  20  (1901). 
D'Entrecasteanz  Is.,  FergiLsson  I. 

(7)  Aphomia  terrenella. 

Aphomia  terrenella  Zell.,  Isis,  1848.  p.  859  ;   Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  476.  pi.  56.  f.  12. 
t  Meliisoblaptesfurellus Zell.,  Verh.zool.-bot.ges.  W'ten,  1873.  p.  212:  Dyar,  Cat.  Lep.  N.  Am.  p.  413. 
ir.S.A.,  New  York,  Georgia. 

(8)  *  Aphomia  fulminalis. 

Melissoblaptes  julminalis  Zell.,  Verk.  zool.-bol.  ges.   Wien,  1872,  p.  560.  pi.  3.  f.  9  ;  Dyar,  Cat.  Lep. 
N.  Am.  p.  413. 

TT.S.A.,  Texas. 

(9)  Aphomia  stenopepla. 

Paralipsa  stenopepla  Turaer,  Pr.  R.  Soc.  Queensl.  xviii.  p.  156  (1904). 
Queensland. 

(10)  Aphomia  monochroa. 

t  Melissoblaptes  monochroa  Hmpsn.,  •/.  Bomb.  Nat.  Hist.  Soc.  xxi.  p.  1249.  pi.  G.  f.  29  (1912). 
Ceylon. 

(11)  Aphomia  vinotincta. 

t  Melissoblaptes  vinotincta  Hmpsn.,  J.  Bomb.  Nat.  Hist.  Soc.  xviii.  p.  257.  pi.  E.  f.  38  (1908). 
Ceylon. 

(12)  Aphomia  rosella. 

t  Tirathaba  rosella  Hmpsn.,  J.  Bomb.  Nat.  Hist.  Soc.  xii.  p.  97  (1898) ;   id.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  465. 
pi.  54.  f.  8. 

Assam. 

(13)  t  Aphomia  albifiisa  n.  sp. 

<J.  Head  and  thorax  white  mixed  with  pale  brown  ;  abdomen  yellow  brown. 
Forewing  pale  brown  with  broad  fascia  of  white  suffusion  below  costa  extending 
at  base  to  inner  margin.     Hindwing  orange-yellow. 

?.  Forewing  entirely  suffused  with  pale  brown  and  irrorated  with  darker 
brown  ;  reddish  streaks  from  base  of  median  nervure  in  and  below  the  cell ;  a 
dark  terminal  line. 

Celebes,  Sangir  I.  (Doherty),  1  <J,  1  ?  type.     E.vp.  S  26,  ?  30  mill. 

Sect.  III.  {Melissoblaptes).  Forewing  of  male  with  the  cell  extending  to 
about  two-thirds  of  wing,  not  produced  at  extremity,  vein  3  from  close  to  angle 
of  cell  ;  4,  5  shortly  stalked  ;  a  large  glandular  swelling  at  base  of  costa  on 
underside  fringed  with  long  hair  outwardly  met  by  some  upturned  hair  from 
median  nervure,  the  cell  not  clothed  with  androconia. 

(14)  Aphomia  bipunctana. 

Tinea  anella  Zinck..  Germ.  Mag.  iv.  p.  244  (nee  Schiff.) ;   Leech,  Pi/r.  pi.  13.  f.  4. 
Melissoblaptesbipunctanus  Zell.,  Isis,  1848.  p.  580 (nee  Curt.) ;  Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  480  ;  Staud., 

Cat.  Lep.  pal.  ii.  p.  1. 
Melissoblaptes  bipunctanus  var.  sapozkniknvi  Krul.,  Rev.  Russ.  Ent.  viii.  p.  274  (1909). 

Europe  ;  E.  Turkestan,  Kiildja  ;    Japan ;  IT.  China  ;  Ceylon. 


40  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917. 

(15)  Aphomia  vinicolor. 

Mdissoblaptes  unicolor  Stand..   Hor.  Ent.  Snc.  Hoss.  vii.  p.  212  (1870) ;   Rag.,  Bom.  Mem.  viii. 
p.  482.  pi.  45.  f.  21  ;  Stand.,  Cat.  Lep.  pal.  ii.  p.  1. 
Algeria ;  Greece  ;  Bulgaria ;  Asia  Uinor,  Bithynia. 

(16)  *  Aphomia  foedella. 

Helissoblaptes  foedella  Zell.,  Isis,  1839.  p.  180 ;   Herr.  Schiiff.,  Eur.  Schm.  Pijr.  S.  147,  148  and  iv. 
p.  133  ;   Rag..  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  483  ;   Staud.,  Cat.  Lep.  pal.  ii.  p.  1. 

Hungary ;  Bohemia. 

(17)  *  Aphomia  isodesma. 

MelissoUaptes  isodesma  Meyr.,   Trans.   Ent.   Sac.    1886.  p.   272;    Rag.,   Rum.   Mem.   viii.  p.  484. 
pi.  51.  f.  14. 

Fiji. 

(18)  Aphomia  sordidella. 

Gyrtona  sordidella  Wlk.,  xxxv.  1723  (1866) ;   Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  484.  pi.  44.  f.  23. 
W.  Australia ;  IT.  S.  Wales. 

(19)  t  Aphomia  melanomochla  n.  sp. 

$.  Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  grej-wliite  mixed  witli  brown  ;  antennae 
ringed  fuscous  and  white.  Forewing  grey-white  suffused  in  parts  and  irrorated 
with  brown  ;  a  fine  black  streak  in  submedian  fokl  to  the  postmedial  line  ;. 
a  dark  mark  on  median  nervure  before  the  antemedial  line  which  is  rather  diffused, 
black-brown,  oblique  to  submedian  fold,  and  slightly  incurved  at  vein  1  ;  a 
black  bar  in  cell  towards  extremitj',  and  a  rather  lunulate  discoidal  bar  defined 
on  outer  side  by  white  ;  postmedial  line  rather  diffused  black-brown,  defined 
on  outer  side  by  white  to  submedian  fold  where  there  is  a  dark  mark  beyond 
it,  obhque  and  slightly  sinuous  to  beyond  lower  angle  of  cell  where  it  is  acuteh' 
angled  outwards,  then  inwardly  oblique  to  submedian  fold  and  erect  to  inner 
margin,  some  dark  brown  suffusion  beyond  it  on  costal  area.  Hindwing  white, 
the  terminal  area  slightly  tinged  \^-ith  red-bro-\\n  ;  a  reddish  brown  terminal 
line  and  slight  line  near  base  of  cilia. 

W.  AustraUa,  Sherlock  R.  (Clements),  1   ?  type.     Exp.  28  mill. 

(20)  Aphomia  phloeomima. 

Hypolophota  phloeomima  Turner,  Ann.  Queensl.  Mus.  x.  p.  108  (1911). 
IT.  Australia, 

(21)  *  Aphomia  aegidia. 

MelissoUaptes  aegidia  Meyr.,  Trans.  Ent.  Soc.  1887.  p.  252  ;  Rag.,  Rom.  Mlm.  viii.  p.  485.  pi.  51.  f.  7. 
S.  Australia, 

(22)  *  Aphomia  disema. 

MelissoUaptes  disema  Lower,  Tr.  R.  Soc.  S.  Auslr.  xxix.  ji.  103  (1905). 
Victoria. 

(23)  Aphomia  odontella. 

^MelissoUaptes  odontella  Hmpsn.,  J.  Bomb.  Nat.  Hist.  Soc.  xii.  p.  96  (1901) ;  id.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii, 
p.  485.  pi.  54.  £.  18. 
Ceylon, 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  41 

(24)  *Aphomia  fuscolimbella. 

MelissoUiijites  fuscoHmbdla'Ra.g.,  Nouv.  Gen.  p.  20(1887) ;  id.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  485.  pi.  46.  f.  11  ; 
Dyar,  Cat.  Lep.  N.  Am.  p.  413. 

TX.S.A. 

(25)  Aphomia  variegatella. 

■f  Meliss"blaptes  variegatella  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mim.  viii.  p.  486.  pi.  54.  £.  19  (1901). 
Borneo. 

(26)  Aphomia  obliterosa. 

Bapara  obliterosa  Wlk.,  xxxii.  603  (1865) ;  Swinh.,  Cat.  Het.  Mus.  Oxon.  ii.  pi.  vii.  f.  2  ;   Hmpsn., 
Rom.  Mim.  viii.  p.  487.  pi.  53.  f.  14. 

IT.  Guinea  ;  D'Entrecasteaux  Is. 

(27)  *  Aphomia  distictella  n.  sp. 

<J.  Head  and  thorax  brown  irrorated  with  fuscous ;  abdomen  fuscous. 
Forewing  brown  irrorated  with  fuscous  ;  a  black  point  in  end  of  cell  and  anothei' 
on  discoceUulars.  Hindwing  dark  fuscous-brown  ;  the  cilia  paler  with  a  dark 
line  through  them. 

Natal  (A.  J.  Spiller),  type  in  coll.  Rothschild.     Exp.  22  mill. 

(28)  *  Aphomia  homochroa. 

Melissoblaptes  homochroa  Turner,  Pr.  R.  Soc.  Queensl.  xix.  p.  53  (1905). 
Queensland. 

Sect.  IV.  Forewing  of  male  with  the  cell  extending  to  about  two-thirds 
of  wing  ;  not  produced  at  extremity  ;  veins  3,  4  from  angle  of  cell ;  5  from 
above  angle  ;  a  small  glandular  swelling  at  base  of  costa  on  underside,  the  cell 
clothed  with  sUky  androconia  ;  hindwing  with  tuft  of  long  hair  from  below 
costa  near  base  on  upperside 

(29)  t  Aphomia  cyclophora  n.  sp. 

(J.  Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  whitish  tinged  with  pale  purplish  red. 
Forewing  pale  purplish  red  irrorated  with  blackish  ;  a  minute  annulus  incom- 
pletely defined  by  black  scales  in  middle  of  cell  and  a  more  complete  discoidal 
annulus  ;  traces  of  a  diffused  dark  post-medial  line,  obhque  to  vein  5,  then 
inwardly  obhque  and  somewhat  dentate  ;  traces  of  a  curved  dark  subterminal 
line  ;  a  terminal  series  of  black  bars.  Hindwing  ochreous  yellow  tinged  with 
brown  except  on  inner  area  ;  a  slight  brown  terminal  line  ;  cilia  brownish  to 
vein  2  with  a  pale  line  at  base,  then  yellowish.  Underside  ochreous  white  tinged 
with  brown,  forewing  with  the  cell  clothed  with  golden  yellow  androconia  ; 
hindwing  with  the  tuft  of  hair  ochreous. 

Br.  IT.  Guinea,  MUne  Bay  (Meek),  1  <?  type.     Exp.  34  mill. 

Sect.  V.  Forewing  of  male  with  the  cell  extending  to  about  two-thirds  of 
wing,  not  produced  at  extremity  ;  vein  3  from  before  angle  of  cell  ;  4,  5  from 
angle  ;    the  wings  without  secondary  sexual  charactei^. 


42  XOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

(30)  fAphomia  cafiralis  n.  sp. 

(J.  Head  and  thorax  grey  tinged  with  purpH.sh  red  and  with  some  blackish 
mixed  ;  abdomen  pale  grey  with  a  faint  ochreous  tinge  towards  base  and  some 
fuscous  brown  suffusion  towards  extremity  ;  pectus,  legs  and  ventral  surface 
of  abdomen  whitish  uTorated  with  blackish,  the  tarsi  banded  with  blackish. 
Forewing  grey  tinged  with  purplish  red  and  sparsely  irroratcd  ^\ith  black  :  a 
diffused  whitish  streak  in  submedian  fold  from  before  the  antemedial  to  the 
postmedial  line  ;  a  black  point  at  base  of  vein  1,  and  subbasal  point  in  the  cell  ; 
antemedial  line  rather  diffused,  blackish,  oblique  to  submedian  fold,  then  erect  ; 
rather  diffused  black  spots  in  cell  towards  extremity  and  on  discocellulars,  with 
a  few  white  scales  between  them  ;  postmedial  line  rather  diffused  blackish, 
defined  on  outer  side  by  some  white  scales,  rather  obliquely  incurved  to  discal 
fold,  then  inwardly  oblique  ;  a  punctiform  blackish  terminal  line  ;  cilia  with  a 
slight  pale  line  near  tips,  Hindwing  whitish  suffused  with  reddish  brown,  the 
cilia  whiter  with  two  dark  lines  through  them  except  towards  tornus.  Underside 
of  forewing  fuscous  with  the  costal  edge  pale  ;  hindwing  whitish  tinged  with 
red-brown,  the  costal  area  suffused  with  fuscous. 

TransvaaJ,  Kranspruit  (Jause),  1  o  type ;  Orange  R.  Colony,  Bloemfontein 
(Eckersley),  1    cJ.     Exp.  26-30  mill. 

Aiictormn. 
Aphonia  erumpens  Lucas,  Pr.  R.  Soc.  Queensl.  xiii,  p,  79  (1.S98)  .....  Queenslaud 

JUelissoblaptes  burellus  Koll.,  Noi'.  Zool.  vii.  p.  5Sl  {\9>X>)  .......   Buru 

Melissoblaptes  baryptera  Lower,  P.  Linn.  Soc.  N.S.W.  1901.  p.  659       .         .  Victoria  ;  S.  Australia 
Melissoblaptes  agramma  Lower,  Tr.  R.  Soc.  S.  Avstr.  1903.  p.  49  .  Louisiades  Is. ;  Queensland 

Melissoblaptes  cissinobaphes  Turner,  Tr.  R.  Soc.  Queensl.  xix.  p.  90  (190.'5)   .  .  .  Queensland 

.4pfcomia  ymea  Turati,  £n(.  Tfec.  XXV.  p.  18  (1913)    .......       Sardinia 

Gen.  Heteromicta. 

T.Tpe. 
Heteromicta  Meyr.,  Trans  Ent.  Soc.  1886.  p.  273  .......  pachytera 

Hypolophota  Turner,  Pr.  R.  Soc.  Qneensl.  xviii.  p.  155  (1903)         .....  oodes 

Proboscis  fully  developed  ;  palpi  of  male  upturned,  short,  thickly  scaled, 
of  female  obliquely  porrect  and  extending  about  the  length  of  head  ;  maxillary 
palpi  minute,  filiform  ;  frons  with  large  tuft  of  hair  :  antennae  of  male  almost 
simple,  the  first  joint  rather  long.  Forewing  rather  short  and  broad,  the  costa 
moderately  arched,  the  apex  rounded  ;  veins  3  and  5  from  near  angle  of  cell  ; 
6  from  upper  angle  ;  7,  8,  9  stalked  from  before  angle,  7  from  before  9  ;  10,  11 
from  cell  ;  the  male  typically  without  secondarj^  sexual  characters.  Hindwing 
with  vein  2  from  near  angle  of  cell  :  3  and  5  strongly  stalked.  4  absent  ;  the 
discocellulars  angled  inwards  to  near  base  ;  6,  7  from  upper  angle  ;  7  anastomosing 
with  8. 

Sect.  I.  (Hypolophota).  Forewing  of  male  on  underside  with  costal  fold 
extending  to  beyond  middle  of  wing  and  containing  large  masses  of  flccculent 
hair,  vein  5  well  separated  from  4. 

( i )  Heteromicta  amydrastis. 

Hypolophota  amydrastis  Turner,  Pr.  R.  Soc.  Queensl.  xriii.  p.  156  (1904). 

Queensland.  The  forewing  {fide  Turner)  sometimes  has  vein  7  from  8 
beyond  9. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  43 

(2)  Heteromicta  oodes. 

Bypolophota  oodes  Turner,  Pr.  R.  Soc.  Queensl.  xviii.  p.  155  (1904). 

Queensland.     The  two  specimens  in   B.M.   have   vein   9  of  the  forewing 
absent. 

Sect.  II.  (Heteromicta).  Forewing  of  male  without  secondary  sexual  charac- 
ters, vein  5  from  close  to  4. 

(3)  Heteromicta  pachytera. 

Aphomia  pachi/tera  Meyr.,  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  N.S.W.  1879.  p.  237  ;   Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  453. 
pi.  45.  ff.  19.  20. 

Queensland  ;  N.  S.  Wales  ;  Victoria  ;   S.  Australia ;  Tasmania. 

(4)  *  Heteromicta  poliostola. 

Heteromicta  poliostola  Turuer,  Pr.  R.  Soc.  Queensl.  xviii.  p.  158  (1903). 
Queensland. 

(5)  Heteromicta  tripartitella. 

Aphomia  tripartitella  .Meyr.,  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  N.S.IV.  1879.  p.  236  ;   Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  454. 
pi.  46.  f.  9. 

Queensland  ;  N.  S.  Wales. 

(6)  Heteromicta  oohraceella. 

Heteromicta  ochraceella  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  455.  pi.  54.  f.  1  (1901). 
Queensland. 

(7)  *  Heteromicta  nigricostella. 

Heteromicta  nigricostella  Hmpsn..  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  455.  pi.  54.  f.  3  (1901). 
Queensland. 

Aiictormn. 

Heteromicta  poeodes  Turner,  Pr.  R.  Soc.  Queensl.  xix.  p.  54  (1905)         .  .  .  Queensland 

H  ypolophota  agastaTumer,  Ann.  Queensl.  Mus.  x.  p.  109  (1911)?  4pAom«o  Queensland ;  N.Australia, 
Heteromicta  alypeta  Turner,  Ann.  Queensl.  Mus.  x.  p.  109  (1911)  .  .  .  Queensland 

Heteromicta  leptochlora  Turner,  Pr.  R.  Soc.  Queensl.  xxiv.  p.  129  (1913)  .  .  Queensland 

Gen.  Agdistopis  nov. 

Type  A.  petrochroa. 

Proboscis  aborted,  minute  ;  palpi  obliquely  porrect,  the  second  joint  with 
some  rough  scales  and  extending  about  twice  the  length  of  head,  the  third  moder- 
ate and  somewhat  dilated  at  extremity  ;  maxUlary  palpi  ab.sent ;  frons  with  small 
tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  of  male  somewhat  laminate  and  with  fasciculate  cilia  ; 
legs  long,  the  fore  tibiae  slight,  fringed  with  hair,  the  mid  and  hind  tibiae  smoothly 
scaled,  the  hind  tibiae  curved  and  with  the  medial  spurs  absent ;  abdomen 
very  long  and  tipuliform.  Forewing  very  long  and  narrow,  the  apex  rounded, 
the  termen  evenly  cui-ved  ;  the  cell  about  tw o-thirds  length  of  wing  ;  vein  3 
from  close  to  angle  ;  4,  5  stalked  ;  the  discocellulars  curved  ;  6  from  upper 
angle  ;  7,  8,  10  stalked,  9  absent  ;  11  from  cell,  some  rough  hair  from  base  of 
costa  on  underside.     Hindwing  with  seme  rough  hair  from  base  of  costa,  but 


44  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

the  retinaculum  absent  ;  the  apex  produced  and  acute,  the  termen  very  obUque 
and  somewhat  excised  below  apex  ;  veins  3  and  5  from  angle  of  cell,  4  absent ; 
the  discocellulars  erect ;  6  absent  ;  7  from  upper  angle,  closely  approximated 
to  but  not  anastomosing  -with  8. 

The  genus  has  a  remarkable  superficial  resemblance  to  AgdisUs. 

Agdistopis  petrochroa  ii.  sp. 

Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  ochreous  white  with  a  brownish  tinge,  the 
last  with  paler  segmental  bands  and  slight  dark  sublateral  streaks  ;  legs  rather 
browner.  Forewing  ochreous  white  with  some  blackish  irroration  especially 
below  and  beyond  the  cell,  the  costal  area  paler  ;  a  diffused  oblique  black  fascia 
intersected  by  a  pinkish  streak  below  basal  half  of  cell.  Hindwing  whitish 
tinged  with  fuscous  brown,  thinly  scaled  ;  ciUa  with  a  fine  ochreous  line  at  base. 

Hab.  Formosa,  Kanshirei  in  coll.  WUeman  ;  Ceylon,  Kandy  (Mackwood), 
<J  type  ;    Singapore  (Ridley),  2  <J,  2  ?.     Exp.  22-30  mill. 

Genus  Achroia. 

Type. 
Achroia  Hiibn.,  Yen.  p.  163  (1827)  not  preoce.  by  Acraea  Hiibn.,  Verz.  p.  92           .  .      grisella 

Meliphora  Guen,  Ann.  Soc.  Ent.  Fr.  xiv.  p.  308  (1845),  not  descr.  ....  grisdla 
FoirixWlk.,  XXX.  1014  (1864) innotata 

Proboscis  sUght ;  palpi  of  male  minute,  upturned,  hidden  under  the  dowii- 
turned  hair  on  frons  ;  of  female  downtiirned  and  extending  to  beyond  the 
frons  ;  maxillary  palpi  minute  and  ddated  with  scales  ;  antennae  rather  long, 
the  basal  joint  rather  long  and  with  tuft  of  scales  below.  Forewing  eUiptical, 
the  costa  arched,  the  apex  rounded,  the  termen  obhquely  curved  ;  male  with 
vein  3  from  before  angle  of  cell ;  4,  5  from  angle  ;  the  discocellulars  very  obhque  ; 
6  from  upper  angle  ;  7,  8  and  10  stalked,  7  from  beyond  10,  9  absent  ;  II  from 
cell ;  female  with  the  discocellulars  less  obhque,  vein  3  from  angle  of  cell  and 
4,  5  stalked.  Hindwing  of  male  with  the  apex  produced  and  acute,  the  termen 
excised  to  vein  1  and  obhquely  truncate  at  tornus  ;  vein  2  from  well  before  angle 
of  cell ;  3  and  5  stalked,  4  absent ;  the  discocellulars  angled  ;  6,  7  from  upper 
angle  of  cell,  7  anastomosing  with  8 ;  female  with  the  apex  less  produced  and 
the  termen  less  excised,  the  ceU  shorter,  vein  2  from  near  angle  and  3  and  5 
more  strongly  stalked. 

(1)  *  Achroia  obscurevittella. 
Achroia  obscurevittella  Rag.,  Bom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  498.  pi.  43.  f.  24  (1901). 
Japan.     Probablj'  not  distinct  from  A.  grisella. 

(2)  Achroia  grisella. 

Tinea  grisella  Fabr.,  Ent.  Syst.  iii.  2.  p.  289  (1794) ;  Hmpsn.,  Moths  hid.  iv.  p.  6 ;  Rag.,  Rom.  Mim. 

viii.  p.  497  ;  Stand.,  Cat.  Lep.  pal.  ii.  p.  1. 
Oalleria  alvearia  Fabr.,  Ent.  Syst.  Suppl.  p.  463  (1798). 
Bonibyx  cinereola  Hiibn.,  Eur.  Schm.  Bomb.  f.  91  (1802). 

U.S.A.  ;  Jamaica  ;  Europe  ;  Sikkim  ;  Bengal,  Calcutta  ;   Ceylon ;  Australia. 

(3)  Achroia  innotata. 

t  Vobrix  innotata  Wlk.,  xxx.  1014  (1864) ;   Rag.,  Rom.  Miiri.  viii.  p.  498.  pi.  55.  f.  8. 
Ceylon;  Borneo,  Sarawak.     Probably  not  distinct  from  A.  grisella. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1017.  45 

Auctorum. 

Mdiphora  myrmecophila  Tumev,  Pr.  R.  Soc.  Queensl.  ^xiv.  p.  130  {1913)     .         .         .     Queensland 

Gen.  Athaliptis. 

Type. 
Athaliptis  Schaug,  A.  M.  N.  H.  (8).  xi.  p.  252  (1913) cymonia 

Palpi  of  female  long,  downcurved ,  slender ;  antennae  almost  simple. 
Forewing  long  and  narrow,  the  apex  rounded,  the  termen  evenly  curved  ;  vein  3 
from  before  angle  of  cell  ;  4,  5  from  angle  ;  6  from  just  below  upper  angle  ; 
7,  8,  9,  10  stalked,  7  from  before  9  and  beyond  10  ;  11  from  cell.  Hindwing 
with  veins  3  and  5  stalked,  4  absent ;  the  discocellulars  angled  inwards  to  near 
base  ;    6,  7  stalked. 

*  Athaliptis  cymonia. 

Athaliptis  cymonia  Sehaus,  .4.  M.  N.  H.  (8).  xi.  p.  252  (1913). 
Costa  Rica' 

Gen.  Epimorius. 

Type. 
Epimorius  ZeW.,  Hor.  Soc.  Ent.  Ross.  ■s.ni.  1^.  16  (ISn).        ......        suffusa 

Proboscis  slight  ;  palpi  of  male  short,  upturned,  thickly  scaled,  of  female 
downcurved  and  extending  typically  about  twice  the  length  of  head ;  maxUlary 
palpi  minute ;  frons  vsdth  tuft  of  hair ;  antennae  of  male  typically  serrate. 
Forewing  with  the  costa  arched,  the  apex  rounded,  the  termen  obliquely 
curved  ;  vein  3  from  close  to  angle  of  cell  ;  4,  5  typically  shortly  stalked  ;  the 
discocellulars  strongly  angled  inwards  ;  6  from  just  bek  w  upper  angle  ;  7,  8,  9, 
10  stalked,  9  from  beyond  7;  11  from  cell.  Hindwing  typically  with  vein  2 
from  close  to  angle  of  cell ;  3,  4,  5  stalked  ;  the  discocellulars  angled  inwards  to 
near  base ;  6,  7  stalked,  7  anastomosing  with  8. 

Sect.  I.  Palpi  of  female  extending  about  three  times  length  of  head  ; 
antennae  of  male  serrate  ;  forewing  with  veins  4,  5  shortly  stalked,  the  dis- 
cocellulars strongly  angled  inwards  ;  hindwing  with  veins  3,  4,  5  stalked  and 
the  discocellulars  angled  inwards  to  near  base. 

(1)  Epimorius  suffusa. 

Epimorius  suffusus  Zell.,  Hor.  Ent.  Sac.  Ross.  xiii.  p.  76.  pi.  ii.  i.  28  (1877) ;   Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii. 
p.  430.  pi.  46.  f.  3. 
Costa  Rica  ;  S.  Brazil. 

(2)  *  Epimorius  testaceella. 

Epimorius  testaceellus  Rag.,  N.  Am.  Phyc.  p.  20  (1887)  ;  id.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  430.  pi.  45.  f.  22. 
Jamaica. 

(3)  f  Epimorius  epipaschiella  n.  sp. 

(J.  Head  and   thorax  pale    rufous   tinged  with  grey   and    irrorated   with 

blackish,  the  palpi  with  more  black  ;  abdomen  white  faintly  tinged  with  brown  ; 

tarsi  blackish  with  pale  rings.     Forewing  grey  tinged  with  rufous  and  irrorated 

with  blackish  ;   the  basal  area  suffused  and  irrorated  with  black  to  just  before 


46  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

tlie  medial  line,  which  is  black,  inwardly  oblique  and  incurved  from  subcostal 
nervure  to  just  below  the  cell  ;  the  costal  area  bej'ond  it  whitish  ;  a  small 
rather  oblique  black  discoidal  spot  ;  postraedial  line  black,  diffused  on  inner 
side  and  defined  on  outer  side  by  whitish,  inwardly  oblique,  and  with  its  outer 
edge  minutely  dentate,  a  blackish  shade  beyond  it  ;  the  terminal  area  grey- 
white  with  some  black  at  costa  and  a  terminal  series  of  minute  black  spots. 
Hindwing  white,  faintly  tinged  with  brown  ;  a  slight  dark  termmal  line.  Under- 
side of  forewing  white  tinged  with  fuscous  ;  hindwing  with  the  costa  slightly 
UTorated  with  fuscous. 

Colombia,  Minca  (H.  H.  Smith),  1  <J  type.     Exp.  IG  mill. 

Sect.  II.  Palpi  of  female  extending  about  twice  the  length  of  head ; 
antennae  of  male  ciliated  ;  forewing  with  veins  4,  5  strongly  stalked,  the 
discocellulars  less  strongly  angled  inwards  ;  hindwing  with  vein  3  frcm  near 
angle  of  cell  and  the  discocellulars  not  so  strongly  angled  inwards. 

(4)  tEpimorius  adustalis  n.  sp. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  grey-brown  with  a  slight  reddish  tinge.  Fore- 
wing grey-brown  with  a  slight  reddish  tinge  and  some  black  irroraticn  ;  a  slight 
discoidal  spot  formed  by  black  scales  ;  traces  of  an  obliquely  curved  postmedial 
black  line  ;  a  terminal  series  of  black  points.  Hindwing  and  underside  grey- 
brown  with  a  slight  reddish  tinge. 

Sierra  Leone  (Clements),  4  cJ,  1  $type  ;  S.  Nigeria,  Lagos  (Sir  G.  Carter),  1  ?, 
Old  Calabar  (Crompton),  1  $;  Sapele  (Sampson),  1  i;  Warri  (Roth.),  1  $.  Exp. 
<J   18-22,  ?  26-30  mill. 

Gen.  Cathayia. 

Type. 
Ca(Ao^ia  Hmpsn.,  7?om.  J/em.  viii.  p.  451  (1901)  .......  obliquella 

Proboscis  slight  ;  palpi  of  male  short,  upturned,  thicklj'  scaled,  of  female 
downcurved  and  extending  about  the  length  of  head  ;  maxOlary  palpi  minute  ; 
frons  with  large  tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  of  male  rather  short,  the  basal  joint 
somewhat  dilated.  Forewing  triangular,  the  costa  arched,  the  apex  somewhat 
produced  and  rounded,  the  termen  oblique  ;  the  cell  about  two-thirds  length 
of  wing  ;  vein  3  from  well  before  angle  ;  4,  5  separate  in  male,  in  female  stalked 
or  from  a  point ;  6  from  upper  angle  ;  7,  8  stalked  from  10,  9  absent  or  frcm 
beyond  7,  arising  before  the  angle  of  cell  ;  1 1  from  cell ;  the  male  on  underside 
with  a  small  glandular  swelling  at  base  of  costa  with  a  large  tuft  of  black  hair 
from  below  its  extremity,  the  base  of  median  nervure  and  cell  clothed  with  rough 
androconia.  Hindwing  with  vein  3  from  angle  of  cell  ;  4,  5  stalked  ;  the  dis- 
cocellulars angled  inwards  to  near  base  ;  veins  6,  7  stalked,  7  anastomosing 
with  8. 

(1)  Cathayia  obliquella. 

Cathayia  ohliqudla,  Hmpsn.  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  452.  pi.  51.  f.  G  (1901). 
Japan  ;  C.  China. 

(2)  Cathayia  purpureotincta  n.  sp. 
?.  Head  and   thorax  rufous  with  a  few  blackish  scales;  abdomen  paler 
rufous  ;    palpi  with  a  slight  purplish  tinge  ;    pectus,  legs  and  ventral  surface  of 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  47 

abdomen  rufous,  the  last  with  some  blackish  irroration.  Fore\\ing  bright  rufous 
irrorated  with  black  and  slightly  tinged  with  purple,  the  veins  with  slight  pale 
streaks  ;  an  obscure  mark  formed  by  an  aggregation  of  black  scales  in  upper 
angle  of  cell  and  an  oblique  bar  formed  by  black  scales  at  middle  of  submedian 
interspace ;  traces  of  an  oblique  postmedial  line  formed  by  black  scales  from 
vein  5  to  inner  margin  ;  cilia  with  a  fine  pale  line  at  base.  Hindwing  ochreous 
tinged  and  irrorated  with  brown,  the  cilia  with  a  faint  purplish  line  through 
them  from  apex  to  vein  2.  Underside  reddish  ochreous  irrorated  with  dark 
brown  ;  forewing  tinged  with  purplish  red,  the  disk  suffused  with  brown,  a  faint 
curved  blackish  postmedial  line. 

Hab.  Borneo,  Kuching,  1  ?  type.     Exp.  32  mill. 

Gen.  Picrogama. 

Type. 

Picrogama  lleyr.,  Trans.  Ent.  Soc.  1897.  p.  91  .......     cotnplana 

Proboscis  rather  short  ;  palpi  of  male  short,  upturned,  thickly  scaled  ; 
of  female  downcurved  and  extending  about  twice  the  length  of  head  ;  maxillary 
palpi  slight  ;  frcns  with  large  tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  of  male  almost  simple, 
the  basal  joint  somewhat  dilated.  Forewing  narrow,  the  apex  rectangular,  the 
termen  evenly  curved  ;  the  male  with  the  lower  part  of  cell  produced,  vein  3 
from  well  before  angle,  5  from  above  angle  ;  the  discocellulars  angkd  inward.s 
above  and  with  a  recurrent  vein  from  their  angle  ;  6  from  upper  angle  ;  7,  8,  & 
stalked  from  before  the  angle,  7  typically  from  beyond  9  ;  10,  1 1  from  cell ;  a  small 
glandular  swelling  at  base  of  costa  on  underride  and  the  cell  clothed  with 
androconia  ;  the  female  with  veins  4,  5  from  angle  of  cell,  Ihe  discocellulars 
incurved.  Hindwing  with  vein  3  from  just  before  angle  of  cell ;  4,  5  strongly 
stalked,  the  discocellulars  angled  inwards  to  near  base  ;  6,  7  from  upper  angle, 
7  anastomosing  with  S. 

Sect.  I.  Forewing  with  vein  7  from  8  beyond  9. 
( 1 )  Picrogama  complana. 

ApJiomia  complana  Feld.,  Seis.  Xov.  pi.  137.  i.  6  (1874). 

Picrogama  anticosma  Meyr.,  Trans.  Ent.  Soc.  1897.  p.  92  ;  Hmpsn.,  Bom.  Mini.  viii.  p.  445.  pi.  53. 
ft.  10.  11. 

Celebes,  Sangir  I.;  Amboina ;  Dutch  N.  Guinea;  D'Entrecasteanz  Is., 
Goodenough  I.,  Fergusson  I.  ;    Louisiade  Is.,  St.  Aignan  I. 

Sect.  II.  Forewing  with  vein  7  from  8  before  9. 

(2)  t  Picrogama  albiJascialis  n.  sp. 
o.  Head  and  thorax  whitish  tinged  with  red-brown  ;  abdomen  deep  golden 
yellow.  Forewing  whitish  tinged  with  brown  and  irrorated  with  dark  brown, 
a  purplish  red  tinge  in  lower  part  of  cell  and  below  vein  6  to  termen  ;  the  veins 
of  costal  area  v/ith  chocolate-brown  streaks  and  two  slight  purple-brown  streaks 
in  the  cell  ;  a  white  fascia  from  base  through  the  upper  part  of  cell  to  apex 
broken  up  by  the  dark  streaks  on  the  veins  ;  small  elongate  elliptical  purple- 
brown  spots  in  upper  part  of  cell  ;  an  aggregate  of  dark  scales  at  origin  of  vein 
2 ;  an  obliquely  curved  postmedial  shade  formed  by  aggregations  of  dark  scales 


48  NOVITATES    ZOOLOOICAE    XXIV.     11)17. 

in  the  interspaces  from  below  the  white  fascia  to  above  inner  margin  ;  a  terminal 
series  of  sUght  black  lunules.     Hind  wing  deep  golden  yellow  ;    the  cilia  with  a 
brown  line  at  middle  and  white  tips.     Underside  deep  golden  yellow,  the  terminal 
area  of  forewing  and  apex  of  hindwing  greyish  tinged  with  purple-red. 
Br.  If.  Guinea,  Milne  Bay  (Meek),  1  <J  type.     Exp.  46  mill. 

(3)  Picrogama  nigrisparsalis. 

t  Lamoria  nigrisparialie  Hmpsn.,  J.  Bomb.  Nat.  Hisl.  Soc.  xiv.  p.  658  (1903). 
Ceylon. 

Gen.  Prosthenia. 

Type. 
Prosthenia  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  via.  11.  iSO  (IW)1)  .....  psittacolella 

Proboscis  small  ;  palpi  of  male  short,  upturned,  thickly  scaled,  of  female 
with  the  second  joint  obliquely  upturned  to  about  vertex  of  head  and  bent 
forward  at  extremity,  the  third  porrect ;  maxillary  palpi  shght ;  frons  with  large 
tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  of  male  almost  simple,  the  basal  joint  with  tuft  of  scales 
below.  Forewing  very  narrow,  the  apex  rounded,  the  termen  very  short  ;  the 
male  with  veins  2,  3,  4,  5  given  off  at  even  distances,  the  cell  being  strongly 
produced  to  a  point  at  vein  5  ;  6  from  upper  angle  ;  7,  8,  9  stalked.  7  from  beyond 
9  ;  10,  11  from  cell  ;  a  large  costal  fold  on  basal  third  of  costa  on  underside 
T\ith  thick  fringe  of  hair  below  and  the  cell  clothed  with  andrcconia  ;  the  female 
wth  vein  3  from  well  before  angle  of  cell,  veins  4,  5  from  angle,  the  discocellulars 
angled.  Hindwing  with  vein  3  shortly  stalked  with  4,  .5  ;  the  discocellulars 
angled  inwards  to  near  base  ;    6,  7  stalked,  7  anastomosing  with  8. 

(1)  Prosthenia  psittacolella. 

t  Prosthenia  psittacolella  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  450.  pi.  54.  f.  11  (1901). 
Hornigia  sauberi  Semp.,  Reis.  Phil.  Schmett.  ii.  p.  644.  pi.  66.  f.  1  (1902). 

Singapore  ;  Borneo  ;  Philippines. 

(2)  t  Prosthenia  xyloryctella,  n.  sp. 

?.  Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  whitish  tinged  with  brown  ;  antennae 
brown  ringed  with  white  ;  tarsi  dark  brown  ringed  with  white.  Forewing 
whitish  tinged  with  purplish  brown  and  irrorated  with  dark  brown  ;  antemedial 
line  dark  brown  defined  on  inner  side  by  whitish,  oblique,  sinuous  ;  two  black- 
brown  points  in  the  cell  towards  extremity  ;  an  oblique  purple-brown  discoidal 
lunule  defined  except  on  outer  side  by  deep  chocolate-brown  and  with  a  small 
chocolate-brown  spot  at  its  lower  extremity  ;  postmedial  line  dark  brown, 
curved,  dentate,  defined  on  outer  side  by  whitish  with  a  diffused  dentate  brown 
shade  beyond  it  except  on  costal  area  ;  the  costa  towards  apex  with  white 
points  with  short  black  streaks  between  them  and  the  costal  area  whitish  ;  a 
terminal  series  of  black  striae,  forming  a  rather  triangular  spot  below  apex  ; 
cilia  whitish  with  sUght  brown  line  near  base  and  stronger  hue  near  tips.  Hind- 
wing whitish  tinged  with  brown  ;  a  dark  terminal  line  and  faint  line  near  base 
of  ciha  from  apex  to  submedian  fold.  Underside  whitish  tinged  with  brown  ; 
forewing  with  the  markings  less  distinct  ;  hindwing  with  curved  brown  post- 
medial  line  from  costa  to  vein  2. 

Queensland,  Toowong  (Dodd),  1  ?  type.     Exp.  40  mill. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  49 

The  specimen  is  labelled  "  found  in  xylo-stick,  supposed  to  be  parasitic 
on  the  pupae  of  Xi/loryctidae."  This  and  the  other  species  of  the  genus  are 
probably  not  parasitic  but  feed  on  the  faeces  and  rubbish  in  the  one  case  in 
the  nest  of  the  parrots,  in  the  other  in  the  borings  of  the  Xyloryctidae. 

Gen.  Acara. 

Type. 

Acara  Wlk.,  xxvii.  198  (1863) morosella 

Ertzica  Wlk.,  xxxv.  1768  (1866) morosella 

Proboscis  short ;  palpi  of  male  short,  upturned,  fringed  in  front  with  long 
hair,  of  female  obliquely  downcurved,  extending  about  twice  the  length  of  head 
and  fringed  below  with  long  hair  ;  maxillary  palpi  minute  ;  frons  with  large 
tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  of  male  almost  simple,  the  basal  joint  with  a  tuft  of  scales 
below.  Forewing  with  the  costa  slightly  arched,  the  apex  produced  and  acute, 
the  termen  evenly  curved  ;  the  male  with  the  cell  about  two-thirds  length  of 
wing  ;  veins  2,  3,  4,  5  given  off  at  even  distances  ;  the  discocellulars  angled 
inwards  above  ;  vein  6  from  upper  angle  ;  7,  8,  9  stalked  from  angle,  7  from 
beyond  9  ;  10,  11  from  cell  ;  a  large  glandular  fold  on  basal  half  of  costa  on 
underside,  fringed  with  hair  at  extremity  ;  female  with  the  cell  shorter,  vein 
3  from  near  angle  of  cell,  5  from  just  above  angle,  the  discocellulars  angled 
inwards  at  middle.  Hindwing  with  the  apex  produced  and  acute,  the  termen 
excised  below  apex  ;  vein  3  from  just  before  angle  of  cell  ;  4,  5  shortly  stalked  ; 
the  discocellulars  angled  inwards  to  near  base  ;  6,  7  stalked,  7  not  anastomosing 
with  8. 

Acara  morosella. 

t  Acara  morosella  Wlk.,  xxvii.  199  (1863) ;  Hmpsn.,  Moths  Ind.  iv.  p.  8;  Rag.,  Mom.  Mem.  viii. 

p.  446.  pi.  46.  f.  10. 
t  Ertzica  maximella  Wlk.,  xxxv.  1768  (1866). 

Galleria  macroptera  Snell.,  Tijd.  v.  Enl.  xxiii.  p.  249  (1879) ;  id.,  idem,  xxvii.  p.  53.  pi.  v.  i.  11. 
Acara  impunctdla  Sauber,  Semp.  lit:cs.  Phil.  Schmett.  ii.  p.  645.  pi.  66.  f.  2  (1902). 
Assam  ;  Ceylon  ;   FhiUppines  ;  Java  ;  Celebes. 

Auctorum. 
Acara  psolopasta  Turner,  Pr.  R.  Soc.  Queensl.  xxiv.  p.  131  (1913)  1  Eucallionyma.       Queensland 

Gen.  Schistotbeca. 

Type. 
Schistotheca  Rag.,  Bull.  Soc.  Era.  Fr.  (6).  ii.  p.  clxxv.  (1882)  .  .  .  .     canescens 

Proboscis  slight ;  palpi  of  male  short,  upturned,  thickly  scaled,  of  female 
downcurved  and  extending  about  three  times  length  of  head  ;  frons  smooth, 
with  large  tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  of  male  almost  simple.  Forewing  with  the 
costa  arched,  the  apex  rectangular,  the  termen  evenly  curved  ;  the  male  with 
vein  3  from  long  before  angle  of  cell  ;  5  from  just  above  angle  ;  the  discocellulars 
highly  angled  inwards  ;  vein  6  from  below  upper  angle  ;  7,  8,  9  stalked,  7  from 
before  9  ;  10,  11  from  cell  ;  a  large  fold  on  basal  half  of  costa  on  underside 
containing  masses  of  flocculent  hair ;  the  female  with  veins  4,  5  from  a  point. 
Hindwing  with  vein  3  from  close  to  angle  of  cell  ;  4,  5  stalked  ;  the  discocellulars 
angled  inwards  to  near  base  ;   6,  7  from  upper  angle,  7  not  anastomosing  with  8. 

4 


50  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

(1)  Schistotheca  canescens. 

t  Schistotheca  canescens  Rag.,  Bull.  Soc.  Ent.  Fr.  (0).  ii.  p.  clxn-.  (1882) ;  id.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  429. 
pi.  45.  f.  15. 
Chili. 

(2)  Schistotheca  gigantella. 

Crambtts  gigantella  Druce,  A.  M.  N.  H.  (8).  viii.  p.  720  (1911). 
Peru. 

Gen.  Lamoria. 

Type. 

iomorw  Wlk..  xxTii.  87  (18G3) adaptella 

Maraclea  Wlk.,  xxvii.  88  (1863) inostentalis 

Tugela  Rag.,  Nouv.  Gen.  p.  51  (1888) clathrella 

Proboscis  minute  ;  palpi  of  male  sliort,  upturned,  tliickly  scaled,  of  female 
porrect,  extending  about  twice  the  length  of  head  and  fringed  with  hair  below  ; 
maxillary  palpi  minute  ;  frons  with  large  tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  of  male  almost 
simple,  the  basal  joint  rather  dilated.  Forewing  narrow,  the  costa  arched, 
the  apex  rounded  ;  vein  3  from  close  to  angle  of  cell  :  4.  5  staUced,  from  a  point, 
or  separate  ;  the  discocellulars  curved  ;  6  from  just  below  upper  angle,  from 
angle,  or  shortly  stalked  with  7,  8,  9,  7  from  before  9  ;  10,11  from  cell ;  the 
male  with  glandular  sweUing  at  base  of  costa  on  underside.  Hindwing  with 
vein  2  from  near  angle  of  cell  ;  3,  4,  5  stalked  ;  the  discocellulars  angled  inwards 
to  near  base  ;    6,  7  stalked.  7  anastomosing  with  8. 

Sect.  I.  Forewing  with  veins  4,  5  separate. 

A.  Hindwing  of  male  on  upperside  clothed  with  golden  brown  androconia 
except  on  terminal  area  and  on  underside  along  the  median  nervure  and  veins 
4  to  2. 

(1)  Lamoria  pachylepidella. 

Lamoria  ■par.liylepidella  Hmp.sn.,  Bom.  Mhn.  viii.  p.  441.  pi.  53.  f.  3  (1901). 
Queensland. 

B.  (Blaraclea).  Hindwing   of   male   normal. 

(i)  Lamoria  oenachroa. 

Lamoria  oenachroa  Turner,  Pr.  R.  Soc.  Queensl.  xix.  p.  55  (1905). 
Queensland  ;  W.  Australia. 

(3)  Lamoria  inostentalis. 

t  Maraclea  inostentali.'i  Wlk..  xxvii.  88  (1803);    Hmpan..  Rom.  Mhn.  viii.  p.  436.  pi.  53.  f.  2. 

Japan ;  Formosa ;  C.  and  W.  China ;  Borneo ;  D'Entrecasteaux  Is.,  Fergus- 
son  I.     The  hindwing  often  has  vein  4  absent. 

(4)  t  Lamoria  medianalis  n.  sp. 
cJ.  Head  and  thorax  pale  purphsh  grey  mixed  with  blackish  ;  abdomen 
ochreous  white,  tinged  with  rufous  at  base  ;  legs  grey  tinged  with  brown  ;  ventral 
surface  of  abdomen  whitish  irrorated  with  brown.  Forewing  pale  purplish  grey 
irrorated  with  blackish,  with  a  dark  shade  along  median  nei-vure  and  whiter  sliades 
in  the  cell  and  submedian  interspace  ;    a  small  obscure  discoidal  spot  tinged 


NOVITATKS    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  51 

with  rufous  ;   a  faint  slightly  dentate  brown  postmedial  line,  oblique  to  vein  4, 
then  inwardly  oblique  ;  a  terminal  series  of  blackish  points.     Hindwing  ochreous 
white,  the  terminal  area  tinged  with  brown  except  towards  tornus.     Underside 
of  forewing  grey-brown  ;   hindwing  whitish,  the  costal  area  tinged  with  brown, 
niashonaland  (Debbie),   1    3  type.     E.rp.  34  mill. 

Sect.  II.  (Lamoria).  Forewing  with  veins  4,  5  from  a  point  or  stalked. 

(5)  Lamoria  anella. 

Tinea  anella  Scliiff.,  Wien  Vera.  p.  135  (1776)  ;  Dup.,  Lep.  Fr.  x.  p.  261.  pi.  282.  f.  7  ;  Herr.  Schaff, 

Schmett.  Eur.  If.  p.  113.  f.  1.51  ;   Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  438  ;  Staud.,  Cat.  Lep.  pal.  ii.  p.  2. 
Tinea  sodella  Hiibn.,  Eur.  Schmett.  Tin.  I.  24  (nee  Linu). 
Melia  bipunctami  Curt..  Brit.  Ent.  v.  p.  201  (1830). 

S.  Centr.  and  S.  Europe  ;  Egypt. 

(6)  Lamoria  melanophlebia. 

Lamoria  melanophlebia  Rag.,  Nouv.  Gen.  p.  51  (1888) ;   id.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  435.  pi.  46.  f.  6  ; 
Staud.,  Cat.  Lep.  pal.  ii.  p.  2. 
Bnssia,  Caucasus  ;    Syria. 

(7)  Lamoria  ruficostella. 

Lamoria  ruficostella  Rag.,  Nouv.  Gen.  p.  52  (1888) ;  id.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  436.  pi.  45.  £.  11 ;  Staud., 
Cat.  Lep.  pal.  ii.  p.  2. 
S.  Russia  ;  Japan  ;  C.  China. 

(8)  *  Lamoria  caffrella. 

Tugela  caffrella  Rag.,  Nouv.  Gen.  p.  51  (1888) ;   id.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  442.  pi.  46.  £.  6. 
ITatal. 

(9)  Lamoria  jordanis. 

Lim.oria  jordanis  Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  435.  pi.  46.  f.  5  (1901)  ;   Staud.,  Cat.  Lep.  pal.  ii.  p.  2. 

Tunis;    Egypt;    Cyprus;    Syria;    Palestine;  Persian   Gulf;    Punjab;  Bind; 
Ceylon. 

(10)  Lamoria  imbella. 

t  Acrobasis  imbella  Wlk.,  xxx.  955  (1864)  ;   Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  437.  pi.  45.  f.  12. 
Melissoblaptes  obscurellus  Saalm..  Ber.  Senck.  Ges.  1880.  p.  308  ;    id.,  Lep.  Madaij,  p.  511. 

N.  ITigeria  ;  Br.  E.  Africa  ;  Br.  C.  Afirica  ;  Mashonaland  ;  Transvaal ;  Katal ; 
C.  Colony  ;  Madagascar. 

(11)  Lamoria  clathrella. 

Tvgela  clathrella  Rag..  Nouv.  Gen.  p.  51  (1888)  ;   id.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  442.  pi.  46.  ii  1. 
Uadagascar. 

(12)  Lamoria  adaptella. 

Pempelia  adaptella  Wlk.,  xxvii.  74  (18.33) ;   Rag..  Rom..  Mem.  viii.  p.  434.  pi.  35.  f,  21. 

Limoria  planalis  Wlk.,  xxvii.  88  (1853). 

Crambus  joedellus  Wlk.,  xxxv.  1757  (1866). 

Lamoria  jusconervella  Rag.,  Nouv.  Gen.  p.  51  (1888)  ;    id.,   Rom.   Mem.   viii.   p.  437.  pi.  45.   f.    13. 

Melissoblaptes  bipunctanus  Moore,  Lep.  Ceyl.  iii.  p.  375  (nee  Haw). 

Lamoria  anella  Hmpsn..  Moths  Ind.  iv.  p.  7  (nee  Schiff). 

Formosa  ;  Madras  ;  Ceylon  ;  Singapore  ;  Sumatra  ;  Java  ;  Plores. 


52  NoTiTATES  Zoolog:cae  XXIV.   1917. 

(13)  Lamoria  infumatella. 

t  Lamoria  injumateUa  Hmp.sn.,  >/.  Bomb.  yat.  Hist.  Soc.  xii.  p.  98  (1898) ;  id.,  Eom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  440. 
pi.  53.  £.  5. 
Sikhim  ;  Ceylon. 

(14)  Lamoria  virescens. 

■f  Lamoria  virescens  Hmpsn.,  J.  Bomh.  Xat.  Hist.  Soc.  sii.  p.  97  (1898) ;  id.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  440. 
pi.  537.  f.  1. 
Sikhim  ;  Ceylon  ;  Queensland, 

Gen.  Acyperas. 

Type. 
Acyperas  Hmpsn.,  jRom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  427  (1901)         ......        aurantiacella 

Proboscis  minute  ;  palpi  in  both  sexes  downcurved,  extending  about  twice 
the  length  of  head  and  moderately  fringed  with  hair  below  ;  maxillary  palpi 
fihform  ;  frons  with  large  tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  of  male  short,  almost  simple, 
the  basal  joint  dilated,  hollowed  out  on  outer  side  and  with  tuft  of  hair  in  front. 
Forewing  with  the  costa  arched  to  beyond  middle,  then  oblique  to  apex  which 
is  produced  and  acute,  the  termen  evenly  curved  ;  vein  3  from  long  before 
angle  of  cell ;  4,  5  separate  in  male,  from  a  point  in  female  ;  the  discocellulars 
curved  ;  vein  6  from  upper  angle  ;  7,  8,  9  stalked,  7  from  beyond  9  ;  10,  11 
from  cell ;  the  male  with  large  glandular  .swelling  at  base  of  costa  on  under- 
.side,  fringed  with  oblique  hair  met  by  a  tuft  of  hair  from  median  nervure.  Hind- 
wing  with  the  cell  short  ;  vein  3  from  close  to  angle  of  cell  ;  4,  5  strongly  stalked  ; 
the  discocellulars  acutely  angled  ;    6,  7  stalked,  7  anastomosing  slightly  with  8. 

Acyperas  aurantiacella. 

Acyperas  aurantiacella  Kmpan.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  427.  pi.  53.  f.  15  (1901). 
IT.  Guinea  ;  B'Entrecasteaux  Is. 

Gen.  Omphalophora. 

Type. 
OmpJialophora  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  427  (1901) rvhreUa 

Proboscis  minute ;  palpi  in  both  sexes  downcurved,  extending  about 
the  length  of  head  and  clothed  with  long  hair  below  ;  maxillary  palpi  dilated 
with  scales  ;  frons  with  large  tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  short,  almost  simple,  the 
basal  joint  dilated,  hollowed  out  on  outer  side  and  with  tuft  of  hair  in  front. 
Forewing  with  the  costa  arched,  the  apex  produced  and  acute  ;  vein  3  from  before 
angle  of  cell  ;  4,  5  from  angle  ;  the  discocellulars  slightly  curved  ;  vein  6  from 
upper  angle  ;  7,  8,  9,  10  stalked  in  male,  7  from  before  9,  in  female  vein  10  from 
the  cell  ;  1 1  from  cell  ;  the  male  with  large  glandular  swelling  at  base  of  costa 
on  underside  fringed  ^\iih  oblique  hair  met  by  a  tuft  of  long  hair  from  median 
nervure.  Hindwing  with  the  cell  short ;  vein  3  from  angle  ;  4,  5  shortly  stalked  ; 
the  discocellulars  angled  ;    6,  7  stalked,  7  anastomosing  slightly  with  8. 

*  Omphalophora  rubrella. 

Omphalophora  rubrella  Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mim.  viii.  p.  428.  pi.  53.  f.  13  (1901). 
Acara  dohrni  Hering,  SleU.  ent.  Zcit.  Ixiv.  p.  87.  pi.  1.  f.  34  (1903). 
Sumatra ;  Java. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917.  53 

Gen.  Galleria. 

Type. 

Galleria  Fnhr.,  Ent.  Syst.  Snppl.  p.  iG2(nQS) •    .         .  mellondla 

Ceriodepia  Sodof.,  Bull.  Nat.  Mosc.  x.  6.  p.  20  (1837).  ......  mellonella 

I'indanm  Wlk.,  x.xxv.  170G  (1866) mdloneUa 

Proboscis  slight  ;  palpi  of  male  short,  obliquely  upturned,  thickly  scaled, 
of  female  downcurved  and  extending  about  the  length  of  head  ;  maxillary  palpi 
dilated  with  scales  ;  frons  with  large  tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  of  male  almost 
simple,  the  basal  joint  somewhat  dilated  and  with  a  tuft  of  scales  below.  Fore- 
wing  with  the  costa  slightly  arched,  the  apex  rounded,  the  termen  excised  to 
vein  2,  strongly  in  male,  the  tornus  obliquely  excised  ;  the  male  with  the  cell 
about  three-fourths  length  of  wing  ;  veins  2,  3,  4,  5  given  off  at  even  distances  ; 
the  discocellulars  slightly  angled  inwards  ;  vein  6  from  upper  angle  ;  7,  8.  9 
stalked  from  before  angle,  7  from  beyond  9;  10,  11  from  cell ;  a  small  glandular 
swelling  at  base  of  costa  on  underside  and  the  cell  clothed  with  androconia  ; 
the  female  with  the  cell  about  two-thirds  length  of  wing  and  veins  4,  5  from 
angle.  Hindwing  with  vein  3  from  close  to  angle  of  cell  ;  4,  5  stalked  ;  the 
discocellulars  angled  inwards  to  about  one-fourth  from  base  ;  6,  7  stalked,  7 
anastomosing  with  8. 

Galleria  mellonella. 

Tinea  mellonella  Linn.,  Syst.  Nat.  edit.  x.  p.  537  (1758) ;   Curt.,  Brit.  Ent.  xlii.  p.  587  ;  Hmpsn., 

Moths  Ind.  iv.  p.  9  ;   Rag.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  448  ;  Stand.,  Cat.  Lep.  pal.  ii.  p.  2. 
Tinea  cereana  Linn.,  Syst.  Nat.  edit.  xii.  p.  874  (1767). 
Tinea  cerella  Fabr.,  Syst.  Ent.  p.  655  (1775). 
Galleria  cerea  Haw.,  Lep.  Brit.  p.  392  (1811). 
Vindana  obliquella  Wlk.,  xxxv.  1706  (1866). 
Galleria  auatrina  Feld.,  Eei.^.  Nor.  pi.  137.  f.  7  (1874). 

Almost  universally  distributed. 

Gen.  Galleiisthenia  nov. 
Type,  G.  mellonididla. 

Proboscis  fully  developed  ;  palpi  of  male  porrect,  extending  about  twice 
the  length  of  head  and  thickly  scaled  above  and  below  ;  maxillary  palpi  trian- 
gularly scaled  ;  frons  oblique  ;  antennae  short,  simple.  Forewing  with  veins 
3  and  5  from  close  to  angle  of  cell  ;  6  from  below  upper  angle  ;  7  from  angle  ; 
8,  9  stalked  ;  10,  11  from  cell  ;  the  wing  narrow,  the  termen  erect  from  apex  to 
vein  3  where  it  is  strongly  hooked  then  very  oblique.  Hindwing  with  vein 
3  from  near  angle  of  cell  ;  4,  5  from  angle  which  is  greatly  produced  ;  6,  7  from 
upper  angle ;  8  approximated  to  7  beyond  the  cell ;  the  termen  slightly 
excurved  at  middle. 

*  Galleristhenia  mellonidiella  n.  sp. 

(?.  Head  and  thorax  pale  red-brown  ;  abdomen  brownish  white.  Forewing 
pale  red-brown  suffused  with  grey  and  irrorated  with  a  few  dark  scales  ;  a  post- 
medial  line  obsolescent  towards  costa,  angled  at  vein  5,  then  very  oblique  and 
formed  of  dark  red-brown  spots  ;  cilia  dark  red-brown,  whitish  at  tips  below 
the  hook.  Hindwing  semihyaline  white  ;  the  costal  area,  termen,  and  base  of 
cilia  brown. 

Queensland,  Dawson  district  (Barnard),  1  ^  type  in  coll.  Rothschild.  Exp. 
46  mill. 


54  XOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917, 

Gen.  Paraphycita. 

Type. 
Paraphycita  Hmpsn.,  Bom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  451  (1901)     ......        efiperccidla 

Proboscis  fully  developed  ;  palpi  of  female  upturned,  the  second  joint 
reaching  to  vertex  of  head  and  rather  broadlj'  scaled  in  front,  the  third  long, 
roughly  scaled  in  front  ;  niaxUlary  palpi  long  and  filiform  ;  frons  smorth,  the 
vertex  of  head  with  tufts  of  scales  ;  antennae  of  female  almost  simple,  the  basal 
joint  rather  long.  Forewing  long  and  narrow,  the  apex  rounded,  the  termen 
erect ;  the  cell  about  two-thirds  length  of  i^ing  ;  vein  3  from  angle  ;  4,  5  stalked  ; 
6  from  upper  angle  ;  7,  8,  9, 10  stalked,  7  from  beyond  9  ;  11  from  cell.  Hindwing 
with  vein  2  from  close  to  angle  of  cell  ;  veins  3,  4,  5  stalked  ;  the  discccellulars 
curved  ;  veins  6,  7  from  upper  angle,  7  anastomosing  with  8. 

Paraphycita  epipercciella. 

Paraphycita  epiperchidla  Hmpsn.,  Bom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  451.  pi.  53.  f.  9  (1901). 
Timor,  Dili  I.,  Oinainissa  I. 

Gex.  Megarthria. 

Type. 
Megarthria  Hmpsn.,  J.  Bomb.  Nat.  Hist.  Soi-.  xii.  p.  304  (1899) velutinella 

Proboscis  short  ;  palpi  with  the  second  joint  porrect,  extending  about  twice 
the  length  of  head  and  moderately  fringed  with  hair  above  and  below,  the  third 
short,  oblique,  roughly  scaled  ;  maxillary  palpi  filiform  ;  frons  smooth  with 
slight  ridge  of  hair  above  ;  antennae  of  male  ciliated,  the  basal  joint  very  long 
and  curved.  Fore^ving  with  the  costa  slightly  arched,  the  apex  rounded,  the 
termen  evenly  curved  ;  veins  3  and  5  from  near  angle  of  cell ;  the  discccellulars 
curved  ;  6  from  upper  angle  ;  7,  8,  9  stalked,  7  from  before  9;  10,  11  from 
cell  ;  the  male  with  glandular  swelling  at  base  of  costa  on  underside  fringed 
with  hair  met  by  an  oblique  fringe  from  median  nei-vure.  Hindwing  with  the 
cell  rather  short ;  veins  3,  4,  5  from  angle  ;  the  discocellulars  angled  ;  veins 
6,  7  shortly  stalked,  7  slightly  anastomosing  with  8. 

Megarthria  velutinella. 

Embryoglossa  variegata  Warr.,  A.  M.  2\.  H.  (G).  xviii.  p.  226  (1S9G)  q,  nee  ?. 
Megarthria  velutinella  Hmpsn.,  J.  Bomb.  Nat.  Hist.  Soc.  xii.  p.  304  (1899) ;   id.,  Rotn.  Mem.  vii, 
p.  426.  pi.  53.  f.  12. 
Sikhim ;  Assam. 

Gen.  Embryoglossa. 

Type. 
Embryoglossa'Wa.TT.,  A.  M.N.  H.  (6).  xviii.  p.  225  (ISQG) variegata 

Proboscis  small ;  palpi  porrect,  the  second  joint  extending  about  twice  the 
length  of  head  and  fringed  with  hair  above  and  below,  the  third  rather  long  and 
smoothly  scaled  ;  maxillary  palpi  filiform  ;  frons  smooth,  with  ridge  of  hair 
above  ;  antennae  of  male  minutely  serrate  and  with  long  fasciculate  cilia,  the 
basal  joint  with  large  tuft  of  hair  in  front,  of  female  with  shorter  cilia  ;  the  back 
of  head  with  tufts  of  hair.  Forewing  with  the  costa  slightly  arched,  the  apex 
rounded,  the  termen  evenly  curved  ;  veins  3  and  5  from  near  angle  of  cell  ;  the 
discocellulars  curved  ;  6  from  upper  angle  ;  7.  8,  9  .stalked  ;  10,  11  from  cell, 
Hindwing  with  vein  3  from  near  angle  of  cell  ;  4,  5  from  angle  ;  the  discocellulaiR 
curved  ;    G,  7  shortly  stalked.  7  not  anastomosing  with  8. 


NOTITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  55 

(1)  Embryoglossa  variegata. 

Embryoglossa  variegata  Wan.,  ^4.  M.  X.  H.  (6).  xviii.  p.  226  (1896) ;    Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii. 
p.  424.  pi.  53.  f.  8. 
Assam. 

(2)  Embryoglossa  bipuncta. 

Embryoglossa  bipuncta  Hmpsn.,  J.  Bomb.  Nat.  Hist.  Soc.  xiv.  p.  658  (1901). 

Assam.  ' 

Gex.  Sphinctocera. 

Type. 
tSphinctocera  Wa,n:,  Nov.  Zool.  iv.  p.  128(1897).  ......      crassisquama 

Proboscis  rather  short ;  palpi  downcurved,  extending  about  three  times 
length  of  head  and  fringed  with  hair  below  ;  maxillary  palpi  filiform  ;  frons 
with  large  tuft  of  hair  ;  antennae  of  male  laminate  with  a  small  tooth  above 
at  one-fifth  length,  the  basal  joint  long.  Forewing  with  the  costa  slightly  excised 
beyond  middle,  the  apex  rounded,  the  termen  evenly  curved  ;  vein  3  from  before 
angle  of  cell ;  4,  5  from  angle  ;  the  discocellulars  curved  ;  6  from  upper  angle 
or  stalked  with  7,  8,  9  ;  7  from  before  9  ;  10,  11  from  cell.  Hindwing  with  vein 
3  from  close  to  angle  of  cell ;  4,  5  from  angle  or  shortly  stalked  ;  the  discocellulars 
curved  ;   veins  6,  7  shortly  stalked,  7  slightly  anastomosing  with  8  or  free. 


Sphinctocera  crassisquama. 

Sphinctocera  crassisquama  Warr.,  Nov.  Zool.  iv.  p.  128  (1897) ;   Hmpsn.,  Rom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  425. 
pi.  53.  t  16. 
Transvaal ;  Natal ;  Cape  Colony. 

Gen.  Archigalleria. 

Type. 
Archigalleria  Eebel,  Verh.  zool.-bot.  Ges.  Wien,  lii.  p.  570  (1902)  ....    proavitella 

Proboscis  rather  short ;  palpi  of  male  short,  upturned,  thickly  scaled,  of 
female  downcurved,  extending  about  three  times  length  of  head  and  smoothly 
scaled  ;  maxillary  palpi  dilated  with  scales  ;  frons  with  conical  prominence 
produced  to  a  slight  corneous  point  at  extremity  ;  antennae  of  male  almost 
simple,  the  basal  joint  somewhat  dilated.  Forewing  with  the  costa  moderately 
arched,  the  apex  rounded,  the  termen  evenly  curved  ;  the  cell  in  both  sexes 
about  two-thirds  length  of  wing  ;  vein  3  from  well  before  angle  ;  4,  5  from 
angle  ;  6  from  upper  angle  ;  7,  8  stalked,  9  absent  ;  10,  11  from  cell,  10  approxi- 
mated to  7,  8  at  base  ;  the  male  with  slight  glandular  swelling  at  base  of  costa 
on  underside.  Hindwing  with  vein  3  from  close  to  angle  of  cell  ;  4,  5  closely 
approximated  for  about  half  their  length  ;  the  discocellulars  moderately  angled 
inwards  ;    6,  7  shortly  stalked,  7  not  anastomosing  with  8. 


Archigalleria  proavitella. 

Aphomia  proavitella  Rebel,  Ann.  Hojmus.  iricn,  vil.  p.  262  (1892) ;  Staud.,  Cat.  Lep.  pal.  ii.  p.  2. 
Canary  Is. 


5g  NOVITATES    ZOOLOOICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

Gen.  Morpheis. 

Type. 

Morpheis  Hiibn.,  Vers.  p.  196  (1S27).  preocc.  Bot.  nee  Zool smeritUha 

Mydobia  Herr.  Schiiff,  Ansser.  eur.  Schmell.  pp.  79.  75  (1858) smerintha 

Proboscis  fully  developed  ;  palpi  in  both  sexes  obliquely  upturned,  extending 
to  the  extremity  of  the  frontal  prominence  and  thickly  .scaled  ;  maxillary  palpi 
two-jointed,  as  long  as  the  labial  palpi  and  thickly  scaled  ;  frons  with  large 
conical  prominence  ending  in  a  small  corneous  beak  ;  antennae  of  male  typically 
bipectinate  with  .short  branches  to  one-third  length,  then  mmutely  serrate,  of 
female  with  very  short  branches  on  basal  third ;  tibiae  rather  strongly  frmged 
with  hair.  Forewing  long  and  narrow,  the  costa  highly  archfd  towards  apex 
which  is  produced  and  somewhat  falcate,  the  termen  obliquely  curved,  the  inner 
margin  rather  lobed  towards  base  ;  vem  3  from  well  before  angle  of  cell ;  5 
from  just  above  angle  ;  the  discocellulars  angled  ;  6  from  below  upper  angle  ; 
7  from  angle  ;  8,  9  stalked  ;  10,  11  from  cell  ;  veins  9  to  12  becoming  coincident 
below  the  costa  ;  the  cell  on  underside  clothed  with  rough  downturned  hair. 
Hindwing  with  the  termen  excised  above  tornus  ;  vein  3  from  near  angle  of 
cell  ;  4,  5  shortly  stalked  or  from  angle  ;  the  discocellulars  angled  ;  6,  7  from 
upper  angle,   7  free  or  slightly  anastomosing  with   8. 

Sect.  I.  Antennae  in  both  sexes  bipectinate  with  short  branches  towards 
base. 

(1)  *  Morpheis  piistulata. 

Morpheis  pustulata  Herr.  Schaff,  Ausser.  eur.  Schmell.  p.  75.  f.  152  (1858).  J  ;   Hmpan.,  Rom.  Mem. 

viii.  p.  423. 
Morpheis  murina  Herr.  Schaff,  Ausser.  eur.  Schmett.  p.  75.  f.  153  (1858),  $. 

Brazil. 

(2)  Morpheis  smerintha. 

Morpheis  smerintha  Hiibn.,  Samml.  exot.  Schmett.  ii.  pi.  195.  ff.  3.  4  (1821)  ;   Hmpsn.,  Bom.  Mem. 
vUi.  p.  423.  pi.  54.  t.  16. 

Mexico,  Yucatan  ;  Brazil  (some  specimens  taken  at  sea  130  to  500  miles 
from  land),  Rio  Grand  do  Sul. 

(3)  '"  Morpheis  paleacea. 

Morpheis  paleacea  Herr.  Schaff,  Ausser.  eur.  Schmett.  p.  75.  f.  150  (1858)  ;   Hmpsn.,  Bom.  Mim. 
yui.  p.  423. 
Venezuela  ;  Brazil. 

Sect.  II.  Antennae  of  male  minutely  serrate  and  fasciculate  to  base,  of 
female  ciliated. 

(4)  Morpheis  decolorata. 

Morpheis  decolorata  Herr.  Schaff,  Ausser.  eur.  SchmeU.  p.  75.  f.  151  (1858) ;  Hmpsn.,  Bom.  Mim. 
viii.  p.  424.  pi.  54.  f.  5. 
Colombia;  Veneznela;  Brazil. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  57 

Gen.  Schoenobiodes  nov. 

Type,  S.  striata. 

Proboscis  aborted  and  small ;  palpi  oblique,  rather  roughly  scaled  and 
reaching  to  about  vertex  of  head  ;  maxillary  palpi  nearly  filiform  ;  frons  with 
rounded  prominence  ;  antennae  of  female  almost  simple,  with  tuft  of  scales 
on  basal  joint  ;  anal  tuft  rather  large.  Forewing  narrow,  the  costa  arched,  the 
apex  produced  and  acute,  the  termen  obliquely  curved  ;  the  cell  about  two- 
thirds  length  of  wing  ;  vein  3  from  well  before  angle  ;  4.  5  from  angle  ;  the  dis- 
cocellulars  angkd  ;  6,  7  strongly  stalked  from  below  upper  angle  ;  8,  9,  10  stalked  ; 
11  from  cell.  Hindwing  with  vein  3  from  before  angle  of  cell  ;  4,  5  from  angle  ; 
the  discocellulars  angled  ;   6,  7  from  upper  angle.  7  strongly  anastomosing  with  8. 

Schoenobiodes  striata. 

Acara  striata  Sc\m\iz,  Phil.  Journ.  Sci.  ii.  p.  308.  pi.  1.  f.  11  (1907). 
Philippines,  Manila. 


Gen.  Balaenifrons. 

Type. 
Balaenifrons  Hmpsn.,  Moths  Ind.  iv.  p.  9  (1896)  ......      homopteridia 

Proboscis  short  arising  with  the  filiform  two-jointed  maxillary  palpi  from 
the  enormous  conical  smoothly  scaled  frontal  prominence,  which  is  grooved 
below,  well  in  front  of  the  labial  palpi  which  are  upturned  in  front  of  the 
prominence  and  smoothly  scaled  ;  antennae  of  male  almost  simple.  Forewing 
with  the  costa  arched,  the  apex  rounded,  the  termen  evenly  curved  ;  vein  3 
from  well  before  angle  of  cell  ;  5  from  just  above  angle  ;  the  discocellulars 
curved  ;  6  from  below  upper  angle  ;  7  from  angle  ;  8,  9  stalked  ;  10,  11  from 
cell,  the  latter  curved.  Hindwing  with  the  lower  end  of  cell  produced  ;  veins 
3,  4,  5  well  separated  ;  the  discocellulars  angled  ;  6,  7  stalked,  7  connected 
with  8  by  an  oblique  bar  ;  the  retinaculum  bar-shaped  in  male,  the  frenulum  of 
female  single. 


(1)  t  Balaenifrons  haematographa  n.  sp. 

(J.  Golden  yellow  ;  head,  thorax  and  abdomen  with  crimson  mi.xed  ;  palpi 
tinged  with  fuscous.  Forewing  with  five  ill-defined  waved  crimson  lines  with 
black  marks  suffused  with  silvery  scales  on  them  at  costa  except  the  subterminal 
line  ;  the  antemedial  and  medial  lines  confluent  in  the  cell,  the  postmedial  line 
incurved  at  discal  fold  and  bent  inwards  below  vein  3,  the  subterminal 
line  bent  outwards  to  the  margin  and  interrupted  at  vein  3.  Hmdwing  semi- 
hyaline  ochreous,  the  terminal  area  suffused  with  brown  with  a  purplish  crimson 
patch  on  it  below  vein  3  with  two  yellow  marks  on  it  at  vein  2. 

?.  Forewing  without  the  black  marks  on  the  lines  at  costa  ;  hindwing  with 
the  terminal  area  suffused  with  crimson  except  towards  tornus, 

Solomon  Is.,  Bougainville  I.  (Meek),  2  3  type  ;  Queensland,  Cedar  Bay, 
Cooktown  (Meek),  1  ?,  Geraldton  (Meek),  o^  ?  m  coll.  Rothschild.  Exp.  cJ  22, 
9  28  mill. 


58  XOTITATEB    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917. 

(2)  t  Balaenifrons  aryrostrota  n.  sp. 

<J.  Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  golden  yellow  mixed  with  crimson-red  ; 
palpi  yellow  towards  base,  then  red  ;  pectus,  legs  and  ventral  surface  of  abdomen 
white,  the  fore  tibiae  yellow  banded  with  red.  Forewing  golden  yellow  with 
five  ill-defined  waved  crimson-red  bands  suffused  with  silvery  purple,  the  ante- 
medial  and  medial  bands  confluent  except  towards  costa  and  inner  margin 
and  the  post  medial  and  subterminal  bands  confluent  in  places  ;  a  red  discoidal 
striga.  Hindwing  yellow  ;  some  crimson-red  on  vein  2  near  base  ;  the  apical 
area  suffused  with  brown  ;  partly  confluent  postmedial  and  subterminal  crimson- 
red  bands  suffused  with  silvery  purple  between  discal  and  submedian  folds. 

Ceylon,  Gampola  (Green),  1  o,  Newera  Eliya  (Green),  1  3  type.  Exp. 
16  mill. 

(3)  t  Balaenifrons  phoenicozona  n.  sp. 

Head  and  thorax  yellowish  white  mixed  with  rufous  ;  abdomen  white 
with  dorsal  rufous  bands  towards  base  and  dark  brown  bands  towards  extremity  ; 
antennae  yellow  ringed  with  black-brown  ;  pectus,  legs  and  ventral  surface  of 
abdomen  white,  the  fore  femora  blackish  above,  the  fore  and  mid  tibiae  yellow 
and  red  with  black  bands  at  extremities  and  on  the  tarsi.  Forewing  golden 
yellow  with  deep  red  bands  suffused  with  silver,  their  edges  rather  diffused  ; 
a  subbasal  band  with  black  and  silvery  mark  at  costa  ;  a  black  and  silvery 
mark  on  costa  near  middle  with  the  antemedial  and  medial  bands  arising  from 
it  and  confluent  to  above  inner  margin  where  they  fork  ;  a  black  and  silvery 
mark  on  costa  above  end  of  cell  and  two  red  discoidal  points  ;  the  postmedial 
band  with  black  and  silvery  mark  at  costa,  and  partly  confluent  with  a  terminal 
band  ending  at  vein  3.  Hindwing  semihj'aline  yellow  ;  a  red  mark  on  vein  2 
at  its  middle  ;  the  terminal  area  suffused  with  brown,  a  red  and  purplish  sUver 
patch  on  it  below  vein  3  with  a  small  yellow  spot  on  it  at  vein  2. 

Queensland,  Cedar  Bay,  Cooktown  (Meek),  1  3  type,  o,  $  hi  coll.  Rothschild. 
Exp.  16  mill. 

(4)  Balaenifrons  homopteridia. 

t  BalaenifroTishomripleiklia'Hmpsn.,  Moths  Ind.  iv.  p.  9(1890);  id.,  Fom.  Mem.  viii.  p.  421.  pi.  53.  f.  4. 
Bengal ;  Burma  ;  N.  Borneo. 

(5)  t  Balaenifrons  ocbrochroa  n.  sp. 

(J.  Head  and  thorax  oehreous  mixed  with  brick-red  ;  abdomen  ochreous 
with  a  fulvous  yellow  band  near  base  and  some  red  suffusion  toward  extremity  ; 
pectus,  legs  and  ventral  surface  of  abdomen  ochreous  white,  the  tibiae  and  tarsi 
suffused  with  rufous.  Forewing  ochreous  thickly  irrorated  with  brick-red  ; 
an  oblique  diffused  red  antemedial  line  ;  a  discoidal  spot  ;  a  diffused  post- 
medial  line,  slightly  incurved  below  vein  4  ;  a  fine  dark  terminal  line  ;  cilia 
ochreous  white.  Hindwing  ochreous  whitLsh  suffused  with  brown,  the  cDia 
ochreous  white. 

Singapore  (Wood-Jones),  1  3  type.     Exp.  28  mill. 

Genera  auctorum. 

Hombergia  unicolor  de  Joan,  Bull.  Soc.  Ent.  Fr.  1910.  p.  270,  probably  near  .ArchigaUeria.     France. 


NOVITATEB   ZOOLOOICAE   XXIV.    1917.  59 

TWO   NEW   AMERICAN   MOTHS 

By  K.  Jordan,  Ph.D. 

Family  ''ASTNIIDAE. 

1.  Eupalamides  grandis  spec.  nov. 

(J  $.  E.  dedalo  simUlimus,  pallidior,  alis  anticis  sine  maculis  submarginalibus 
ante  ramum  primum  radialem  (costam  sextam)  atque  infra  totis  squamosis. 

Hab.  French  Guiana  (type),  Surinam,  British  Guiana  and  the  Amazons. 
In  these  countries  two  species  occur,  apparently  side  by  side.  The  one  which 
I  take  to  be  dedalus  Cram.  (1775)  =  cyparissias  Fabr.  (1777),  has  one  or  more 
submarginal  spots  on  the  forewing  between  the  first  radial  (R'  =  vein  6)  and 
the  costa,  both  above  and  below  ;  the  forewing  beneath  in  the  male  is  strongly 
hairy  from  near  the  base  to  two-thirds,  and  glossy  in  the  centre,  and  in  the  female 
is  covered  with  narrow  haii-like  scales  between  base  and  oblique  band.  In 
the  second  species  the  scaling  on  the  underside  of  the  forewing  is  normal,  i.e. 
there  is  no  coat  of  hairs  in  either  sex  ;  the  apical  area  of  the  forewing  and  the 
whole  hindwing,  beneath,  are  much  paler  than  in  E.  dedalus,  and  there  are  no 
submarginal  spots  from  R'  forward  on  the  forewing.  The  ij-genitalia  also 
differ  to  some  extent,  as  will  be  explained  in  another  place. 

Eupalamides  Hiibn.  (1822  ?)  is  a  well-defined  genus,  both  sexes  being  charac- 
terised inter  alia  by  the  hairiness  of  the  upperside  of  the  hindwing  and  the  absence 
of  the  paronychia  and  pulvUli. 

Family    SPHINGIDAE. 

2.  Protoparce  vestalis  spec.  nov. 

S.  A  specie  P.  floresian  dicta  colore  magis  albescente,  maculis  nigris  superiori- 
bus  abdominis  multo  minoribus,  alis  posticis  macula  distincta  subbasali  in  et 
sub  cellula  sita  grisea  notatis. 

Long.  al.  ant.  58-60  mm. 

Hab.  Para,  May  and  June  (Rev.  A.  Miles  Moss),  two  oo'. 

Much  purer  white  than  P.  florestan,  to  which  it  is  nearest.  The  black  side- 
spots  of  the  abdominal  segments  2,  3  and  4  are  narrow,  tran.sverse,  and  do  not 
touch  one  another  above,  while  beneath  they  are  joined  together  by  a  broad 
black  stripe  ;  the  white  side-spots,  therefore,  are  not  separated  from  the  grey 
dorsal  surface  ;  black  side-spots  of  segments  5  to  8  quite  small  and  inconspicuous, 
being  obsolescent.  Underside  of  body  and  the  legs  and  palpi  as  in  P.  florestan 
but  purer  white.  Wings,  upperside  :  the  markings  of  the  forewing  as  in  P. 
florestan,  but  the  black  basal  stripe  placed  in  the  hindmargin  broader  ;  the 
distal  margin  more  deeply  incurved  before  anal  angle.  The  two  black  discal 
streaks  distinct,  the  submarginal  line  obsolescent,  as  is  also  the  third  discal 
dentate  line  ;  interspace  between  this  third  line  and  the  second  almost  pure 
white  ;  in  type-specimen  basal  and  discal  areas  with  a  distinct  yellowish  tint, 
of  which  there  is  hardly  a  trace  in  the  second  example,  the  space  around  the 
etigma  between  the  submedian   and  discal  lines  has  no  yellowish  or  buff  tint. 


60  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

— On  the  hindwing  a  broad  whitish  grey  area  extends  from  the  base  to  the 
anal  angle,  being  divided  up  by  three  transverse  black  lines  and  two  black  streaks, 
the  anterior  streak  reaching  to  the  distal  margin,  the  other  being  short  ;  the 
proximal  portion  of  this  grey  area  is  often  vestigial  in  P.  florestan,  but  never  so 
distinct  as  in  P.  vestalis  ;  in  the  type  of  P.  vegtalis  the  grey  area  is  slightly 
washed  with  buff. 

Underside  as  in  P.  florestan,  but  the  hindwing  lighter  grey,  the  dark  brown 
marginal  band,  therefore,  more  prominent  ;  in  the  type  on  hindwing  a  double 
median  line  and  dentate  discal  line,  the  latter  obsolete  in  the  parat3'pe. 

Genitalia  similar  to  those  of  P.  florestan,  but  the  tenth  sternite  shorter  and 
broader,  and  the  harpe  more  coarsely  dentate  and  dorsally  notched  twice  (only 
the  type  examined). 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  61 


SUPPLEMENTAL  NOTES  TO  MR.  CHAELES  OBERTHUR'S 
FAUNE  DES  LEPIDOPTERES  BE  LA  BARBARIE,  WITH 
LISTS  OF  THE  SPECIMENS  CONTAINED  IN  THE  TRING 
MUSEUM. 

By  lord  ROTHSCHILD,  F.R.S.,  Ph.D. 

MR.  CHARLES  OBERTHtJR  has,  for  many  years,  made  a  special  study 
of  the  lepidoptera  of  N.W.  Africa,  and  all  entomologists  must  have  been 
very  pleased  when  he  started  to  publish  a  connected  account  of  the  results  of 
his  investigations.  Although  he  published  the  first  part  of  his  Etudes  d'Ento- 
mologie  in  1876  with  his  initial  list  of  Algerian  lepidoptera  ;  it  was  not  till  JNIarch 
1915  in  the  X'  Fascicule  of  his  Etudes  de  Lepidopterologie  Coniparee  that  he 
began  his  complete  work.  In  that  "  Fascicule  "  he  has  given  us  a  resume  of 
his  studies  on  the  Rhopalocera  and  the  Grypocera  of  Barbary.  The  commence- 
ment of  the  Heterocera  is  made  on  pages  179-428  of  "Fascicule"  XII,  and 
includes  the  Sphingidae,  Zygaenidae,  Ainatidae,  Heterogynnidae,  Linuicodidae, 
Notodontidae,  Cnetliocampinae,  Liparidae,  Lasiocampidae,  Lemoniidae,  Saturnidae, 
Drepanidae,  and  Megalopygidae.  The  classification  is,  for  younger  students, 
rather  perplexing,  for  it  is  neither  the  modern  classification  nor  does  it  exactly 
follow  that  of  the  Catalogue  of  Palaearctic  Lepidoptera  of  Drs.  Staudmger  and 
Rebel  ;  however,  although  not  following  Mr.  Oberthiir's  nomenclature,  I  have 
arranged  the  species  in  the  same  order  as  he  has,  for  easier  reference,  but  this 
does  not  mean  that  I  agree  with  it. 

Although  I  would  not  wish  ui  any  way  to  hurt  the  feelings  of  Mr.  Charles 
Oberthiir,  for  he  has  been  a  kind  friend  to  me,  and  his  services  to  Entomology 
are  very  great,  I  cannot  help  making  a  few  general  remarks.  In  the  present 
work  Mr.  Oberthiir,  as  he  always  has  done,  maintains  that  descriptions  of 
lepidoptera  without  good  figures  are  useless,  and  he  will  not  recognise  the  validity 
of  names  founded  on  descriptions  alone.  I  certainly  go  so  far  as  to  say  that 
figures  are  very  useful  and  desirable  ;  but  a  good  description  is  often  more 
easily  understood  and  can  be  identified  better  than  an  inferior  figure,  and  who 
is  to  be  the  judge  if  a  figure  is  good,  bad,  or  indifferent  ? !  If  Mr.  Oberthiir's  rule 
were  to  be  adopted,  we  should  have  to  consider  thousands,  nay,  tens  of  thou- 
sands of  zoological  names  as  invalid,  which  are  in  use  every  day  and  are  quite 
understandable  to  the  students  interested.  I  then  must  draw  my  readers' 
attention  to  the  presentation  of  the  various  species  by  Mr.  Oberthiir.  We  find 
that  although  in  Barbary  the  typical  form  of  a  given  species  may  be  quite 
unknown  ;  yet  Mr.  Oberthiir  heads  each  species  with  the  name  of  the  typical 
race  and  only  draws  attention  to  the  various  local  races  in  the  text.  This  is 
most  confusing,  especially  as  his  Etudes  have  no  index,  an  extremely  regrettable 
circumstance.  Then  we  find  that  Mr.  Oberthiir  apparently  does  not  under- 
stand the  modern  use  of  trinomials,  for  he  uses  them  indifferently  for  Subspecies 
( =  local  and  geographical  races),  and  for  individual  variations.  JIi-.  Oberthiir 
even  makes  use  of  quadrinomials  and  quuiquinomials,  which  are  absolutely 
inadmissible   under   the   International  Rules.     Accordijig  to  the   International 


62  NOVITATES    ZOOLOOICAK    XXIV.     1917. 

Rules  of  Nomenclature,  trinomials  can  only  be  uf-ed  for  Subspecies  and  not  for 
individual  aberrations.  If  such  individual  aberrations  are  named  at  all.  the 
name  must  be  preceded  by  ab.  (  =  abbreviation  for  aberration),  thus  Vanessa 
polycJiloros  ab.  testudo,  while  the  North  African  local  form  of  this  insect  is  written 
trinomially  thus,  Vanessa  polychloros  erythromelas  Aust.  Another  undesirable 
nomenclatorial  practice  of  ]\Ir.  Oberthiir  is  \^ithin  one  and  the  same  gemis 
applying  the  same  name  to  species  or  subspecies  and  to  individual  aberrations 
also  ;  as  an  instance  Satyrvs  powelli  Oberth..  a  very  distinct  species,  and  Satyriis 
fdia.  albivenosa  poicelli  Oberth.,  which  is  an  aberration  of  an  aberration  of 
Satyrus  fdia. 

Now  I  know  that  names  applied  to  aberrations  do  not  come  within  the 
scope  of  the  International  Rules  which  only  apply  to  "  subspecies,"  "  species," 
"  genera,"  and  "  still  higher  divisions,"  but  nevertheless  it  is  most  incon- 
venient and  much  to  be  deprecated  if  aberrations  are  given  names  which  already 
belong  to  species  in  the  same  genus,  and  ^^hen  Mr.  Oberthiir  in  addition  WTites 
both  trinomially  the  practice  leads  to  utter  confusion. 

It  is  also  most  startling  and  disconcerting  to  find  interpolated  in  the  midst 
of  a  Fauna  of  Barbary  on  pages  372-376  of  "  Fascicule  XII  "  a  series  of  de- 
scriptions of  Thibetian  Drepanidae.  Although  I  am  not  guiltless  of  similar 
discrepancies  (see  WoUaston  Expedition  description  and  figures  of  some  lepidop- 
tera  not  from  this  expedition)  myself,  yet  my  references  dealt  with  the  same 
faunal  area,  while  Mr.  Oberthiir  cannot  plead  that  Thibet  is  a  part  of  Barbary, 
though  within  the  Palaearctic  area. 

In  additijn  to  notes  on  the  specimens  in  the  British  Museum,  I  am  givmg 
also,  under  each  species,  such  references  as  I  think  of  use  from  Mr.  Ch.  Blachier, 
Miss  M.  E.  Fountaine,  Mr.  J.  de  Joannis,  and  the  late  Mr.  A.  E.  Gibbs.  I  am 
adding  to  this  a  complete  list  of  the  Mauretanian  specimens  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

The  Algerian  material  in  the  Tring  Museum  was  principally  collected  by 
Dr.  Ernst  Hartert,  Dr.  Karl  Jordan,  and  myself,  and  our  energetic  taxidermist 
Mr.  C.  Hilgert,  between  the  years  1908  and  1914  ;  and  also  by  the  professional 
collectors,  Victor  Faroult  and  E.  Blanc,  Mr.  Maxime  Rotrou  of  Sidi  bel  Abbes,  and 
the  pharmacist  of  Batna,  Mr.  A.  Nelva.  In  addition  to  these,  as  appears  in  the 
lists,  a  certain  number  of  things  were  caught  by  the  guide  Cheli  Brahim  and 
a  number  of  other  individuals.  Last,  but  not  least,  I  am  most  indebted  to  the 
genial  Danish  Consul  at  Alger,  Dr.  Nissen,  for  much  good  material,  but  stUl 
more  for  an  amount  of  help  and  general  assistance  without  which  nothing 
hardly  of  this  collection  could  have  been  brought  together. 

I  paid  in  all,  between  1908  and  1914,  six  visits  to  Algeria  in  company  with 
Dr.  Ernst  Hartert  and  Dr.  K.  Jordan  ;  on  all  of  which,  except  the  first,  some  of 
us  were  accompanied  by  Mr.  Carl  Hilgert  as  taxidermist  and  general  shikaree. 
In  1912  Dr.  Hartert  together  with  Hilgert  made  the  long  desert  trip  to  In-Salah, 
while  Dr.  Jordan  and  I  explored  variovis  places  north  of  the  desert.  In  1914, 
after  spending  some  time  at  Biskra,  Dr.  Hartert  and  HUgert  went  down  to  the 
Oued  N^a  near  Ghardaia  for  four  weeks,  while  Dr.  Jordan  and  I  spent  the  time 
in  the  east  of  Algeria. 

In  1908  Dr.  Hirtert  and  I  arrived  in  Algiers  on  February  14th,  and  after 
four  days  in  that  town,  where  we  caught  a  few  Zygaena  algira  in  the  "  Bois  de 
Boulogne  "  and  a  few  moths  at  night,  we  left  for  Biskra,  arriving  there  on  the 
20th.     Wii  remamed  at  Biskra  till  the  er.d  of  April,  having  paid  short  visits  to 


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El  Kantara  and  Batna  in  between.  After  two  or  three  days  at  Constantine, 
where  I  caught  one  Zygaena  zuleiha  among  otherwise  only  common  in.sects,  we 
returned  to  Alger  and  Dr.  Hartert  returned  to  Tring.  Dr.  Jordan  and  I  spent 
the  three  latter  weeks  of  May  and  early  part  of  June  in  Alger,  Hammam  R'ihra, 
and  Blida  les  Glacieres,  and  made  some  good  collections.  It  was  on  this  occa- 
sion beyond  the  "  Bois  de  Boulogne  "  that  I  first  saw  a  living  Charaxes  jasius 
in  a  wild  state,  though  I  had  taken  the  larvae  at  Hyeres  and  bred  some  20 
imagines.  Dr.  Jordan  and  I  chased  this  individual  (a<J)  for  twenty  minutes  or 
half  an  hour,  but  failed  to  catch  it  ;  we  also  failed  to  catch  a  large  ?  near 
Blida  some  four  weeks  later. 

In  1909  we  arrived  at  Alger  on  February  22nd ;  and  after  making  prepara- 
tions for  our  proposed  journey  to  El  Oued,  we  left  for  El  Kantara,  where  we 
arrived  on  the  29th.  We  made  various  collections  there  and  went  to  Biskra 
on  March  llth.  We  made  numerous  excursions  to  Oumash,  Zaatcha,  Tolga, 
etc.,  and  collected  a  certain  amount.  On  March  25th  we  left  Biskra  in  com- 
pany with  Dr.  Nissen,  the  Danish  Consul,  on  our  desert  trip  to  El  Oued.  On 
this  trip  very  few  Rhopalocera  were  seen,  though  many  interesting  moths, 
among  them  Lymantria  oberthiiri  were  added  to  the  collection.  We  reached 
El  Oued  on  April  7th  and  arrived  back  at  Biskra  on  the  22nd.  The  two 
principal  new  species  found  on  this  trip  were  Cleoplmiui  pictiirata  and  Euhlemma 
deserti  Rothsch.  Our  friend  Dr.  Nissen  returned  to  Alger,  and  on  April  30th 
we  went  for  five  days  to  El  Kantara  ;  and  then  spent  ten  days  at  Batna 
and  Lambessa,  from  whence  we  went  to  Hammam  Meskoutine.  We  stayed 
here  till  early  in  June. 

In  1911  we  reached  Alger  on  January  21st,  and  spent  the  days  from 
February  1st  to  18th  at  Hammam  Meskoutine  ;  from  February  19th  to  March  17th 
we  remained  in  Biskra,  and  from  March  17th  to  27th  at  El  Kantara,  and  then 
returned  to  Alger.  On  April  1st  we  left  Alger  with  Dr.  Nissen  for  our  trip  by 
automobile  to  Gharda'ia.  This  journey  was  very  fruitful  in  lepidoptera,  and 
it  was  on  our  return  journey  on  April  28th  that  we  took  for  the  first  time 
Euchloe  tagis  pechi,  which  Dr.  Nissen  discovered  while  we  were  detained  at 
Guelt-es-Stel  by  an  accident.  On  AprU  30th  we  returned  to  Alger,  where  we 
were  detained  for  a  fortnight  by  my  being  Ul  with  fever.  We  spent  May  17th  to 
26th  at  Hammam  R'ihra,  where  we  caught  much  of  interest ;  a  long  series  of 
Zygaena  theryi  Joan,  and  a  specimen  of  Haemoirhagia  fvciformis  being  specially 
noteworthy.     We  left  Alger  on  June  14th. 

In  1912  Dr.  Hartert  and  Carl  Hilgert  went  to  In-Salah.  They  left  BLskra 
February  20th,  and  got  back  to  Alger  on  June  21st.  This  trip  was  very  fertile 
in  new  forms,  Melitaea  didyma  harterti,  Anumeta  major,  Anumeta  sahulosa, 
Odontelia  griseola,  Polia  cinnamomeogrisea,  etc.,  38  species  and  subspecies 
apparently  being  new  to  science. 

In  that  same  year  Dr.  Jordan  and  I  spent  March  and  the  first  half  of  April 
at  Alger  and  Hammam  R'ihra,  and  then  the  last  half  of  April  in  company  with 
Dr.  Nissen  at  Guelt-es-Stel.  The  first  half  of  May  we  spent  at  Khenchela,  and 
then  returned  to  Alger,  reaching  home  early  in  June. 

In  1913  we  reached  Alger  on  AprU  2nd,  and  arrived  at  Oran  on  April  9th. 
After  exploring  the  neighbourhood  we  went  to  Tlemcen  on  the  18th  and  col- 
lected as  far  round  as  Lalla  Marnia  and  Terni.  We  returned  to  Oran  on  the  29th, 
where  we  were  joined  by  Dr.  Nissen  and  started  for  Ain  Scfi-a,  and  we  arrived 


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there  on  May  1st  and  remained  till  the  18th.  We  took  large  numbers  of  moths, 
many  very  rare,  among  others  the  true  Metapoceras  codeti  Oberthiir,  also  one 
solitary  Teracolus  rwiirm,  and  on  the  Djebel  Mekter  Cigaritis  allardi  and  Zygaena 
marcouna.  We  then  went  to  Saida,  which  was  not  very  fruitful,  and  on  May  '23rd 
we  went  to  Hammam  R'ihra  for  a  week  ;  where  among  a  lot  of  good  things 
we  caught  two  fine  Sphinx  pinastri. 

In  1914  we  arrived  early  in  March  at  Alger,  and  proceeding  to  Biskra, 
stayed  there  a  month,  getting  some  very  welcome  additions  to  the  collection. 
On  April  8th  Dr.  Hartert  and  Carl  HUgert  set  out  for  the  Oued  N9a,  and  Dr. 
Jordan  and  I  proceeded  to  join  Dr.  Nissen  at  Constantine,  whence  we  went  to 
Souk  Ahras  in  the  extreme  east  of  Algeria.  We  were  considerablj'  disappointed 
here,  for  we  found  we  had  come  at  least  three  or  four  weeks  too  early.  However, 
we  had  one  good  haul,  for  we  found  Zygaena  zuleika  simply  swarming  in  the  old 
Arab  giaveyard  above  the  town.  In  the  previous  five  years  I  had  only  taken 
four  specimens  of  this  species,  viz.  1  at  Constantine  in  1908,  2  at  Hammam  R'ihra, 
and  1  in  1913  in  Mrs.  Beresford's  garden  in  Mustapha  Superior.  We  went  from 
Souk  Ahras  to  Tebessa  after  about  ten  days,  but  here  there  was  absolutely 
nothing  to  be  found,  so  after  three  or  four  days  we  went  back  to  Hammam 
Meskoutine,  where  we  stayed,  and  Dr.  Hartert  and  HUgert  rejoined  us  there, 
and  we  finally  reached  home  early  in  June.  Dr.  Hartert  collected  a  nice  series 
of  lepidoptera  both  on  the  Oued  Nfa  and  on  the  way  back,  the  best  things 
being  a  pair  of  the  very  rare  noctuid  Anydrophila  sahoiirodi  (Lucas),  which  had 
hitherto  been  known  only  from  the  unique  type  from  Zarcime  in  Tunisia.  I 
have  only  given  above  the  bare  ovitline  of  our  journeys  in  Algeria  ;  but  those 
of  my  readers  who  want  further  details  I  must  refer  to  Novitates  Zoologicae, 
vol.  xviii.  pp.  456-492  (1912),  vol.  xx.  pp.  1-27  (1913)  ;  vol.  xxi.  pp.  180-186 
(1914),  and  vol.  xxii.  pp.  61-66  (1915). 

The  reader  will  find  enumerated  among  the  specimens  a  series  collected  by 
Herr  Geyr  von  Schwcppenburg  on  a  journey  to  the  Hoggar  Mountains.  Herr 
Geyr  went  with  Herr  Paul  Spatz,  and  the  journey  was  made  from  Biskra  to 
Ideles  via  Touggourt,  Ouargla,  Ain-Ta'iba  and  Timassinin ;  the  full  list  will  be 
foimd  in  the  Antuils  ami  Magazine  of  Natural  History  (8),  xvi.  pp.  247,  etc.  (1915). 
For  those  who  have  not  visited  Algeria,  I  should  like  to  say  that  it  is 
divided  into  tliree  faunal  regions,  first  the  "  Coastal  or  Tell  "  which  lies  north 
of  the  northern  range  of  the  Atlas  Mountains ;  second,  the  "  Hauts  Plateaux," 
which  consist  of  the  high  steppe-like  country  mostly  some  900-1,100  metres 
above  sea-level  and  is  situated  between  the  northern  and  southern  chains  of 
the  Atlas  ;  and  third,  the  "  Saharan  or  Desert  region,"  which  comprises  all  the 
country  south  of  the  second  Atlas  chain  as  far  as  the  end  of  the  Hoggar  Moun- 
tains, i.e.  about  halfway  between  Ideles  and  Air.  The  northern  or  Tell  Atlas 
has  more  or  less  the  same  fauna  as  the  Coastal  Plain,  but  its  southern  slopes 
agree  more  with  the  Hauts  Plateaux  ;  the  Southern  or  Saharan  Atlas  has 
principally  the  fauna  of  the  Hauts  Plateaux.  In  Tunisia  and  the  most  eastern 
part  of  Algeria,  owing  to  the  mountains  running  up  closer  to  the  sea,  the 
"  Hauts  Plateaux  "  region  is  less  defined  and  runs  more  into  the  other  two. 
In  Morocco  we  know  too  little  about  the  natural  history  of  the  country, 
except  round  Tangier  and  along  the  coast,  i.e.  Mazagan  and  Mogador,  to  say 
if  these  threefold  faunal  divisions  are  there  well  defined  or  not.  Of  the 
localities   mentioned  in   the   lists,  Alger  and  the  Foret  de  Bainen  are  on  the 


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littoral  of  the  province  of  Alger,  while  the  Grands  Kabylie  ard  Leila  Kredidja, 
Yakouren.  Abd-el-Kader.  Oued  Hamidou,  Sakanmdi.  Tizi  Ouzou,  and  the  Foret 
d'Akfadan  lie  in  the  mountains  north  of  the  Atlas  range  between  Alger  and 
Bougie.  Blida  les  Glacieres  and  Hammam  R'ihra  are  in  the  foothills  of  the 
Atlas,  while  Teniet-el-Haad,  Medea,  and  Boghar  are  in  the  main  Atlas  chain 
of  the  province  of  Alger.  Boghari,  Berrouaghia,  Guelt-es-Stel,  Puits  Baba, 
Terres  Blanches,  Ain-Oiissera,  and  Bordj-bou-Arreridj  are  on  the  "  Hauts 
Plateaux  "  of  that  province  ;  Djelfa  is  in  the  second  Atlas  chain  ;  while  Bou 
Saada,  El  Hamel,  Laghouat,  Tilghempt,  Ghardaia,  Berrian  Guerrara,  and  the 
Oued  N9a  are  in  the  "  Desert  Region  "  south  of  that  province.  Oran,  Nemours, 
and  Nedronia  are  in  the  littoral  of  the  Province  of  Oran ;  while  Masser 
Mines  and  Lalla  Marnia  are  in  the  low  mountain  ranges  north  of  the  Atlas 
in  that  province.  Tifcen  Yaya,  Sidi-bel- Abbes,  Tlemcen,  and  Les  Pins  are  on 
the  northern  slopes  of  the  Northern  Atlas  range  on  the  railwaj'  line  between 
Sidi-bel-Abbes  and  Tlemcen  in  the  west  of  the  Oran  Province.  Saida  and 
Tifrit,  25  kilometres  west  of  it,  are  in  the  central  part  of  the  Northern  Atlas 
chain  in  the  Oran  Province,  while  Ain  Sefra,  Ras  Chergui,  and  Mecheria  are 
in  the  Southern  Atlas  chain  of  that  province.  The  fauna  of  these  three  places 
has  a  much  more  desert  mixture  than  is  the  case  in  the  Aures  districts  in 
the  Province  of  Constantine,  and  this  appears  due  to  the  invasion  of  large 
and  extensive  sand-dunes.  Colomb  Bechar  is  at  the  commencement  of  the 
desert  in  the  Oran  Province. 

Zoiidj-el-Beghal  is  in  Eastern  Morocco,  15-20  kilometres  bej'ond  the 
Algerian  frontier  west  of  Oudjda.  Mazagan,  the  Mwhoila  (Orange  Grove,  Oum- 
er-Rebia),  Ouled  Farsh,  Truchan,  Rabat,  the  Oum-er-Rebia,  and  Mogador  are 
on  the  Atlantic  west  coast  of  Morocco.  Tangier  is  due  north  opposite  Gibraltar, 
Tamarouth,  Djebel  Tixa,  Agvirgur  Amsmiz,  Sould  Jedid,  Imentalla,  Tizi 
Gourza,  Tsigidir-el-Bor,  and  Tsauritz  Entsagauz  are  in  the  High  Atlas,  while 
the  Forest  of  Marmora  is  inland  from  Rabat. 

Batna,  Lambessa,  and  KJienchela  are  on  the  "  Hauts  Plateaux  "  of  the 
Province  of  Constantine  ;  Menaa  and  El  Kantara  and  the  Gorges  de  TUatou 
are  in  the  Aures  Mountains  =  the  Southern  Atlas  range. 

El  Outaya,  Biskra,  Hammam-es-Salahin,  Oumash,  Bordj  Chegga,  Mraier, 
Touggourt,  Bled-et-Amar,  El  Oued,  El  Arish,  Ouargla,  El  Golea,  Igosten, 
In-Salah,  the  Oued  Mya,  El  Hadadra,  and  Aiin  Guettera  are  in  the  desert  south 
of  the  Province  of  Constantine. 

Ai'n  Taiba  and  Timassinin  lie  south-east  of  Ouargla,  while  Oued  Ag'elil, 
Oued  Ahma,  Oued  Tamadout,  Oued  Abou,  and  Oued  Dehm  are  north  of  the 
Hoggar  Mountains,  and  Ideles  is  in  the  northern  part  of  the  Hoggar  Mountaiiis, 
while  Tamargliasset  is  in  the  main  portion  of  these  mountaii;s.  Oued  Kadamelkt 
and  Oued  Tidek  are  south  of  these  mountains  in  Adrar,  Oued  Kadamellet  is 
north  of  Air,  and  Philippeville  and  Bone  are  the  two  chief  ports  of  the  Provmcc 
of  Constantine.  Constantine  and  Hammam  Meskoutine  are  in  the  foot-hills 
north  of  the  Northern  Atlas  chain  in  the  Province  of  Constantine  ;  while  Souk 
Ahras  is  in  this  northern  chain  close  to  the  Tunisian  frontier,  while  Tebessa  is 
in  the  Southern  Atlas  also  near  Tunisia.  Ain  Draham  is  in  the  Northern  Atlas 
in  Western  Tunisia,  called  by  the  French  "  Kioumerie."  Tunis  is  the  capital 
of  Tunisia. 

Marakesh  is  the  capital  of  Morocco. 

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66  XOVITATES    ZOOLOGIfAE    XXIV.     1  iU  7. 

The  data  for  specimens  given  under  Mr.  A.  E.  Gibbs  are  taken  from  "An 
Algerian  Holiday  "  in  The  Entomologist,  vol.  xliv.  pp.  135-140  and  170-174 
(1911);  those  given  under  Joannis  are  taken  from  the  Bulletin  de  la  Societe 
entomologique  de  France,  1908,  pp.  82,  83;  and  those  under  Miss  Fountaine  are 
from  The  Entomologist,  1906,  pp.  84-89  and  107-109. 

I  herewith  give  a  sort  of  synopsis  of  the  people  named  in  the  lists  of  Ti  ii.g 
Museum  material. 

Dr.  Nissen  is  Danish  Consul-General  for  Algeria  and  a  medical  practitioner  ; 
he  has  a  private  collection  of  Algerian  lepidoptera  and  a  small  representative 
one  from  elsewhere. 

Captam  Holl,  who  died  in  1916  or  the  end  of  1915,  was  a  retued  engineer 
oflScer  of  the  French  Army  ;  he  was  an  Alsatian,  and  had  a  collection  of 
Algerian  and  Alsatian  lepidoptera  and  disposed  of  his  duplicates  commercially. 

Mr.  A.  Nelva  is  the  principal  pharmaceutical  chemist  at  Batna  ;  he  originally 
collected  all  orders  of  zoological  objects,  but  in  1909  determined  to  restrict 
himself  to  coleoptera.  However,  he  could  not  forgo  retaining  small  series  of 
his  local  lepidoptera,  but  collects  lepidoptera  mainly  for  sale. 

Mr.  Maxime  Rotrou  is  a  coleopterist  who  habitualh-  lives  at  Sidi-bel-Abbes, 
but  travels  about  in  the  Province  of  Oran,  being  m  Government  employ.  He 
collects  lepidoptera  and  other  orders  for  sale  to  help  him  with  his  coleoptera. 

Mr.  A.  Thery  is  a  merchant  and  commission  agent  of  Alger,  who  has  one 
of  the  best  collections  in  the  world  of  the  coleopterous  family  of  Buprestidae, 
and  made  also  a  collection  of  Algerian  insects.  Just  before  the  war  he  took 
up  a  large  land  concession  near  Rabat  and  sent  me  a  small  collection  from 
there. 

Victor  Faroult  is  a  French  professional  collector  who  has  collected  for  me 
in  various  parts  of  Algeria  since  1911. 

Cheli  Brahim  is  or  was  the  Arab  guide  at  the  Hotel  Bertrand  at  El  Kantara. 

Mr.  E.  Blanc  is  a  taxidermist  and  dealer  in  Tunis. 

W.  Riggenbach  is  a  Swiss  zoological  collector  who  collected  for  the  Tring 
Museum  in  Morocco  from  1900-1905,  and  in  Senegal  in  1906-1907. 

Except  in  very  few  instances  no  insects  received  in  1916  could  be  included, 
as  owing  to  the  war  I  have  not  been  able  to  get  them  set.  I  received  in  1916 
from  Mr.  Nelva,  Mr.  Rotrou,  and  Victor  Faroult  some  five  or  six  thousand 
specimens  from  Perregaux,  Sidi-bel-Abbes,  Titen  Yaya,  Lambessa,  Environs  de 
Batna,  Hammam  R'ihra,  Djebel  Zaccar  (above  Miliana),  and  Aflou. 

I  have  in  the  lists  of  specimens  only  used  initials  when  quoting  cur  own 
captures.  E.  H.  signifies  Dr.  Ernst  Hartert  ;  K.  J.  signifies  Dr.  K.  Joidan  ; 
C.  H.  signifies  Carl  HUgert  and  W.  R.  denotes  myself. 

The  localities  are  arranged  from  west  to  east  and  from  north  to  south  and 
from  south  to  north. 


[Papilio  machaon  Linn. 

Mr.  Oberthiir  states  quite  truly  that  it  is  not  very  easy  to  define  the  different 
subspecies  of  this  butterfly  which  inhabit  Barbary.  But  I  think  I  shall  be  able 
to  make  it  quite  clear  that  there  are  three  distinct  races  inhabiting  this  area. 
(1)  That  found  along  the  coast  and  down  to  the  centre  of  the  "  Hants  Plateaux  " 
in   Central  and  Eastern  Algeria  and  Tunisia  ;    (2)  that  inhabiting  the  coastal 


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and  northern  portions  of  Western  Algeria  and  the  known  portions  of  Morocco  ; 
and  (3)  that  inhabiting  the  desert  areas  of  Algeria  and  probably  Tunisia  and 
running  up  in  places  into  the  southern  portions  of  the  "  Hants  Plateaux." 

The  second  local  form  presents  little  or  no  difficult}'  beyond  the  question 
of  the  priority  of  the  two  names  rnauretanica  Blachier  and  maxima  Verity,  but 
the  other  two  forms  are  not  so  simple.  In  my  "  Revision  of  the  PapUios  of  the 
Eastern  Hemisphere,  exclusive  of  Africa,"  Nov.  Zool.  vol.  ii.  pp.  165-463,  I 
united  under  P.  macJMon  sphyrus  Hiibn.  (see  pp.  275-276)  all  the  maclmon  from 
England,  South  Europe,  North  Africa,  and  Western  Asia  (to  Cashmere). 

As  our  knowledge  of  lepidoptera  has  advanced  by  leaps  and  bounds  since 
then,  it  is  not  remarkable  that  this  classification  of  the  7nachaon  forms  should 
now  prove  to  be  out  of  date.  The  British  form  is  distmct  enough  to  warrant 
a  separate  designation,  and  the  Moroccan  and  West  Algerian  and  that  from 
the  desert  regions  of  Algeria  have  also  proved  to  be  two  distinct  local  races 
which  must  be  separated.  The  consideration,  therefore,  only  remains  of  the 
form  inhabiting  the  northern  portions  of  Central  and  Eastern  Algeria  and 
Tunisia.  This  involves  the  vexed  cjuestion,  "  What  is  sphyrus  Hiibn.  ?  "  He  has 
given  no  locality  for  it,  and  the  figures  (ff .  775,  776)  at  fii'st  sight  give  one  the 
impression  of  the  British  form.  However,  the  yellow  is  too  dark,  and  it  agrees, 
I  think,  fairly  well  with  Spanish,  South  France  and  Italian  specimens.  The 
North  African  specimens  (Alger,  Hamniam  R'ilira,  Tunis,  etc.)  differ  slightly  both 
from  Portuguese  and  Riviera  ones  in  the  width  of  the  black  outer  one-fourth  of 
forewing,  in  the  more  oblong  and  narrower  red  area  in  the  anal  ocellus  of 
hindwing,  in  the  larger  yellow  submarginal  spots  of  the  hinchvmg,  and  in  the 
reduced  orange  spots  below. 

Dr.  Verity  has  separated  the  Algerian  and  Noitli  Tunisian  machaon  as  m. 
mauretanica ;  and  although  I  consider  that  I  have  not  enough  dated  material 
from  both  sides  of  the  Mediterranean  to  give  a  final  assent  to  this,  it  is  quite 
certain  that  a  number  of  the  North  African  specimens  show  characters  never 
found  in  those  from  South  Europe,  so  I  have  adopted  Dr.  Verity's  name  in  the 
present  article.  The  summer  generation  appears  alwajs  to  be  distinguished 
by  greater  extent  of  yellow  on  the  abdomen. 

Mr.  Oberthiir  states  that  he  has  never  seen  any  account  of  the  larvae  of 
any  of  the  Asiatic  forms  of  inachaon.  I  have  a  number  of  blown  larvae 
of  machaon  hippocrates  Feld.  from  Japan.  They  are  exactly  like  the  larvae  of 
European  machaon,  but  much  larger.] 

1.  Papilio  machaon  mauretanica  Verity. 

Papilio  machaon  mauretanica  Verity,  Rhopaloccra  Palaearctica,  p.  12.  pi.  ii.  f.  5  (1905)  (Alger). 

The  larvae  of  the  Algerian  mauretanica  resembles  European  machaon  larvae, 
but  appears  to  have  the  black  bands  on  the  segments  and  especially  these 
between  the  segments  broader.  We  found  two  larvae  at  Khenchela  in  the  last 
moult  but  one,  May  1912,  of  which  I  prepared  one  that  died  before  the  last 
moult .  The  second  pupated,  but  died  at  Tring.  These  larvae  had  both  the 
segmental  and  intrasegmental  black  rings  complete,  so  undoubtedly  the  Klienchela 
machaon  belongs  to  the  northern  form.  We  found  this  insect  fairly  abundant 
round  Mustapha  and  at  Hammam  R'ihra,  but  elsewhere  we  only  came  across  it 
occasionally. 


68  NOVITATES    ZOOLOOKAE    XXIV.     1917. 

The  Guelt-es-Stel  unique  specimen  is  in  appearance  intermediate  between 
the  northern  and  the  desert  race,  but  it  cannot  be  settled  what  form  occurs  in 
this  region  till  we  find  the  larvae,  and  I  prefer  for  the  present  to  regard  it  as 
mauretanica  on  account  of  its  northern  localitj'.  Tlie  specimens  of  this  form  in 
the  Tring  Musetim  number  forty-one. 

11  Envii-ons   d'Alger,  May— October    1905-1914,   W.  R.,  E.    H.   and  K.  J., 
Dr.  Nissen  and  Captain  Holl. 

3  Hammam  R'ilira,  April— September  1912-1916,  W.  R.,  K.  J.  and 
Faroult. 

1   Hammam  Meskoutine,  May  1914,  W.  R.  ai.d  K.  J. 
10  Belvedere.  Tunis,  August — September   1915,  Blanc. 

1  Gafsa,  Tunisia. 

2  Khenchela,  May  1912,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
1  Guelt-es-Stel,  July  1913. 

3  Saida,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

3  Ain  Sefra,"May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

4  Djebel  Mekter,  near  Ain  Sefra,  May  1913,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 
1  Les  Pins,  July  1915,  Rotrou. 

1  Sidi-bel- Abbes,  August  1916. 

1  larva,  1  pupa,  Khenchela,  May  1912,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

The  specimens  from  the  last  four  localities  are  very  perplexing  ;  they  agree 
with  mauretanica  in  size  and  appearance,  but  ought  by  rights  to  belong  to  the 
next  form  ;  however,  as  the  "  Hauts  Plateaux  "  of  Province  Oran  have  a  very 
mixed  fauna,  it  is  possible  that  machaon  is  an  immigrant  from  the  cast  and  not 
from  the  north. 

In  the  British  Museum  there  Ls  a  single  specimen  from  the  Salvm-Godman 
collection  labelled  "  Algeria  "  ! 


2.  Papilio  machaon  maxima  Verity. 

Papilio  machaon  maxima  Verity,  Rhopalocera  Palaearctica,  p.  296.  pi.  lii.  f.  2  (1911)  (gen.  vern.) 

(Tangier). 
Papilio  machaon  maxima  gen.  aest.  angulala  Verity,  Rhopalocera  Palaearctica,  p.  290.  pi.  \x.  i.  14 

(1911)  (Tangier). 

Mr.  Blachier  (Ann.  Soc.  Entom.  France,  vol.  77.  pp.  209-211.  ff.)  1,  2  (1908) 
endeavours  to  show  that  the  name  mauretanica,  originally  given  by  Verity  to 
the  whole  of  the  Mauretanian  machaon,  should  be  restricted  to  the  form  from 
Morocco.  This  is  quite  wrong,  for  Verity  states  distinctly  that  his  form  is  small 
and  figures  a  specimen  from  Alger.  Therefore  the  name  of  inaxima  given  three 
years  later  by  Verity  must  stand  for  the  Moroccan  form. 

This  name  maxima  applies,  however,  only  to  the  spring  generation.  The 
summer  generation,  which  is  larger,  has  the  black  lines  somewhat  reduced  and 
the  abdomen  almost  entirely  yellow  with  only  a  black  dorsal  line  ;  this  is  Verity's 
gen.  aest.  angulata.     The  number  of  specimens  at  Tring  are  twenty-one. 

2  Mazagan,  April  1902,  W.  Riggenbach  "j 

1  Ouled  Farsh,  AprU  1901,  W.  Riggenbach    J-gen.  vern.  maxima. 

1  Djebel  Tixa,  March   1905,  W.  Riggenbach  J 


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gen.  aest. 
angulata. 


6  Mazagan,  July — September  1900,  W.  Riggenbach 
4  Morocco  (Marakesch),  October  1902,  W.  Riggenbach 

2  Cap  Blanco,  August  1902,  W.  Riggenbach 
1  Ouled  Farsh,  May  1901,  W.  Riggenbach 

3  Masser  Mines,  June  1914,  Faroult 

1  Titen  Yaya,  June  1915,  Rotrou 

The  four  specimens  in  the  Tring  Museum  from  t!ie  i.orth  of  the  Province 
of  Oran  are  certainly  unmistakable  maxima,  in  fact,  one  of  the  Ma-ser  Mines 
specimens  is  as  big  as  many  summer  specimens  of  machaon  hifpocrates  Feld. 
from  Japan  (length  of  forewing  52  mm.,  expanse  109  mm.). 

Mr.  Blachier  (loc.  cit.)  records  maxima  from  Marakesch,  coll.  Vaucher  and 
Tangier,  from  the  same  source. 

There  are  in  the  British  Museum  three  specimens  collected  by  Ms.  Meade- 
Waldo.  In  the  Trans.  Entom.  Soc.  Lond.  1905,  pp.  369-392,  Mi-.  M-ade-Waldo 
records  Tangier  January  and  August  1901  ;  Amsmiz,  June  1901  ;  Imentalla, 
1901  ;  and  Forest  of  Marmora,  March  1902. 

3.  Papilio  machaon  saharae  Oberth. 

Papilio  nuKhaon  var.  saharae  Oberthur,  Elud.  d'Entom.  iv.  p.  68.  sub  No.  192  (1879)  (Laghouat). 
Papilio   macJiaon  var.  hospifonides   Oberthur,   Elud.  d'Enlim.  xii.  p.  21.  t.  5.  f.  19  (1888)   (larva 
Biskra). 

Ii]  Novit.  Zool.  vol.  XX.  p.  109  (1913)  I  kept  hospitonides  separate  from 
saharae,  as  my  Laghouat  and  Bou  Saada  imagines  were  somewhat  different  from 
the  desert  specimens  from  elsewhere.  Since  then  I  have  examined  more 
material,  both  larvae  and  imagines,  and  I  find  that  though  the  imagines  represent 
two  di;  tinct  types — viz.  either  very  small  with  the  yeUow  much  reduced  or 
somewliat  larger  with  the  submarginal  yellow  spots  strongly  developed  and 
with  a  curious  yellow  bloom  over  the  whole  insect,  giving  it  a  mealy  appear- 
ance— nevertheless  all  the  desert  machaon  have  the  hospitonides  form  of  larva 
and  so  represent  one  local  race  only.  Therefore  the  name  saharae  must  be  used 
for  this  subspecies,  it  having  nine  years'  priority  over  hospitonides. 

Of  the  Bou  Saada  series  one  specimen  is  very  different  from  the  othersi 
beuig  quite  indistinguishable  from  North  Algerian  ones.  It  is,  of  course,  well 
known  that  occasional  specimens  of  subspecies  show  greater  resemblances  to 
other  races  of  the  same  species  than  to  the  one  to  which  they  geographically 
belong,  but  this  specimen  is  too  much  like  m.  mauretanica.  Victor  Faroult  has 
the  bad  habit,  which  was  equally  the  case  with  our  lamented  friend  William 
Doherty  and  our  poor  collector  Heinrich  Kiihn,  of  dragging  about  with  him, 
when  travelling,  odd  specimens  of  lepidoptera  captured  on  previous  expeditions. 
I  therefore  feel  sure  that  this  specimen  in  question  was  obtamed  somewhere  else 
and  included  in  the  Bou  Saada  lot  by  mistake.  The  remaining  41  Bou  Saada 
specimens  vary  much  in  size,  though  all  are  small.  The  smallest  has  the  length 
of  forewing  24  mm.  and  total  expanse  52  mm.,  while  largest  has  the  forewing 
40  mm.  and  a  total  expanse  of  85  mm.  The  specimens  at  Tring  total  65. 
42  (41)  Bou  Saada,  May,  June,  July  1912  (1  May  1911  ?  ?),  Faroult. 

2  Biskra,  September  1910,  Faroult. 
1  El  Kantara,  April  1911,  Faroult. 

3  El  Outaya,  March  1911,  Faroult. 


70  XOVITATES    ZOOLOOICAE    XXIV.     1!>17. 

2  Laghouat,  March— April   1911-1912,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.,  Faroult. 
5  Ghardaia,  May  1912  and  1914,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 
1  Oued  N^a,  May  1914,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 
8  El  Hadadra,  May  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

1  Oued  Mya,  April  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 
5  larvae,  1  pupa  shell,  Bou  Saada,  Faroult. 

2  larvae.  El  Hadadra,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

Mr.  de  Joaniiis  records  two  specimens  collected  hy  Mr.  M.  R.  Chudeau, 
August  1905,  at  Tamangha-sset,  Hoggar  Mountains. 

The  larvae  of  vutchaon  saharae  are  very  different  from  those  of  other  forms 
of  machaon.  They  resemble  those  of  Papilio  hospiton  of  Corsica  and  Sardinia 
in  having  tlie  black  segmental  and  intersegmental  bar.ds  broken  up  into  spot.'-. 

[Papilio  podalirius  Linn. 

Dr.  Veritj',  in  his  Rhopalocera  Palaearctica,  p.  293  (1911),  asserts  that  he  has 
become  convinced  that  P.  podalirms  and  P.  feisthameli  are  two  distinct  species, 
and  not,  as  hitherto  considered  by  himself  ar.d  otheis.  two  local  races  of  one 
and  the  same  species  Papilio  podalirius.  Dr.  Verity  further  asserts  that  podalirins 
and  feisthameli  hy  together  tliroughout  Spain  and  across  to  Tangier. 

Dr.  Jordan  and  I  have  been  too  busy  with  other  entomological  work  to  go 
carefully  into  this  question  and  dLssect  a  number  of  specimens  ;  moreover, 
although  my  material  at  Trmg  is  very  large,  the  scries  from  Spain  and  that 
from  Northern  and  Central  France  are  very  poor.  I  therefore  cannot  at  present 
adopt  Dr.  Verity's  view,  but  consider  it  verj-  doubtful  indeed  if  podalirius  and 
feisthameli  can  be  considered  anything  more  than  two  very  distinct  subspecies 
of  one  species.  I  have  examined  536  specinicrs  of  podalirius  and  feisthameli 
in  the  Tring  Museum  and  those  in  the  British  Museum  and  others  ;  and  out 
of  this  large  number  of  nearly  650  specimens  from  the  whole  of  its  range,  I 
only  know  one  specimen  of  what  could  be  considered  true  podalirius  which  has 
been  taken  within  the  feisthameli  area,  and  this  is  a  Tangier  specimen  obtained 
by  Mr.  Meade- Waldo  now  in  the  British  Museum.  It  is  quite  reasonable  to 
suppose  that  this  specimen  is  a  reversion  to  an  ancestral  type  or  else  a 
variation  from  the  more  ancestral  form  to  the  more  recent,  whichever  view  is 
considered  the  more  consistent  with  the  known  facts  about  podaliritis  and 
feisthameli.  This  specimen  is  quite  similar  to  podalirivs  in  every  way,  but  is 
rather  large  even  for  a  female.] 

4.  Papilio  podalirius  feisthameh  Dup. 

Papilio  feisthameli  Duponchel  in  Godart's  Lipid,  de  France,  Kupp.  I.  p.  7.  t.  1.  f.  1  (1832)  (Perpignaa 
loc.  typ.  fixed  by  Pierret). 

There  are  two  distinct  seasonal  generations,  gen.  vern.  feisthameli  ard  gen. 
aest.  latteri  Aust.,  in  Barbary,  and  the  latter  is  at  once  distinguishable  by  its 
great  size  and  in  being  nearly  always  white,  while  the  $  feisthameli  is  generally 
pale  yellow. 

We  found  this  butterfly  abundar^t  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Alger  and  at 
Hammam  R'ihra  ;  but  elsewhere,  though  not  rare,  was  only  seen  singly.  At 
Tring  the  series  comprises  178  specimens  from  Mauretania. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1017.  -1 

3  Mauretania  (Staudir.ger). 

8  Seksawa,  Morocco,   1905,  Riggenbach. 
2  Fenson,  Morocco. 

1  Zoudj-el-Beghal,  E.  Morocco,  July  1914,  Faroult. 
1  Masser  Mines,  June  1914,  Faroult. 
1  Lalla  Marnia.  Maj'  1914,  Faroult. 
I  Saida,  May  1914,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
25  Sidi-bel-Abbes,  April   1915-1916,  Rotrou. 

1  Sidi-bel-Abbes,  Austaut,  August  1878  (type  of  gen.  aest.  latteri). 

1.  Sebdou,  Austaut,  July  1880  (also  marked  "type,"  but  is  evidently  only 
a  subsequent  acquisition). 

42  Environs  d'Alger,  March— June  1908-1914,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J.,  and 
Dr.  Nissen. 

2  Adrar  Amellal,  Gorges  de  Chabet,  June  1905,  Dr.  Nissen. 
7  Blida  Ics  Glacieres,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

17  Enviions  de  Batna,  July— August  1909-1915,  Nelva. 
2  Lambessa,  June  1905,  L.  Kuhlmann. 
7  ElKantara,  March— July  1911,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  Faroult,  and  Cheli  Brahim. 

1  Constantine,  May  1908,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

4  Philippeville,  June  1905,  L.  Kuhlmann. 

31  Hammam  R'ihra,  April— May  and  August  1908-1916,  W.  R.,  E.  H., 
and  K.  J.,  and  Faroult. 

2  Hammam  Meskoutine,  May  1914,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

3  Souk  Ahras,  Apiil  1914,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
3  Ain  Draham,  1910,  Faroult. 

7  Djebel  Zaccar  above  Miliana,  August  1916,  Faroult. 

In  the  British  Museum  are  2  from  Mr.  Meade-Waldo  ;  1  Lieutenant  Codet, 
Sebdou,  1880-1882;  1  Mount  Thessala,  Province  Oran,  July  1880,  Austaut ; 
2  Mauretania  ex  coll.  Grum-Grshimailo  per  Elwes  ;  2  Algiers,  1  Morocco, 
Leech  coll. 

Mr.  Meade-Waldo  gives  the  following  data  in  his  article :  Amsmiz,  June 
1901  ;    Imentala,  July  1901. 

The  anal  rufous  red  patch  in  the  Spanish  and  Pyrenean  feisthameli  is 
broader  than  in  Mauretanian  ones,  but  is  not  at  all  like  that  in  podalirivs.  The 
gen.  aest.  latteri  only  occurs  in  Maureteftiia. 

Dr.  Verity,  in  his  "Revision  of  the  Linnean- Types,"  seeks  to  show  that 
Linnaeus'  type  of  Papilio  podalirius  is  the  Algerian  ab.  latteri,  but  as  I  am  not 
yet  quite  satisfied  on  this  point  I  have  not  adopted  the  change  of  name  in  this 
paper. 

5.  Thais  Tumina  mauretanica  Schultz. 

Thais  rumina  mauretanica  Schulz,  Int.  Entom.  Zeitsch.  Stuttgart,  vol.  xxi.  p.  267  (1908)  (Morocco 

Algeria). 

I  never  liad  anj'  luck  with  this  beautiful  insect,  for  we  always  were  too  late 
in  the  places  where  we  met  with  it  ;  so  that  the  series  of  specimens  collected 
by  ourselves  is  poor  in  quality  and  scanty  in  numbers.  We  found  a  few  larvae 
at  Hammam  R'ihra,  and  I  found  in  May  1909  two  larvae  at  Lac  Fetzara,  near 
Bone,  which  were  quite  black. 


72  XOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

One  of  the  specimens  collected  by  E.  Deschanges  has  the  black  in  the  wuigs 
much  extended,  and  all  the  red  spots  of  the  forewings  are  absent  except  a  small 
red  dot  below  the  vitreous  patch  =  ab.  derubescens  Schultz.  Several  others  have 
the  red  on  the  forewings  niuch  reduced.  One  specimen  from  Oran  and  one  from 
Blida  les  Glacieres  are  of  the  aberration  canteneri  Stdgn.  One  of  Faroult's 
Ain  Draham  specunens  has  the  curious  quadrately  distorted  wings  as  figured 
by  Mr.  ObDithiir.  The  above-mentioned  canteneri  has  a  rather  j)crplexir.g 
synonymy. 

In  1861  Staudinger,  in  Staudinger  and  Wocke's  Catalog  der  Lepidopieren, 
Europas,  ed.  i.  p.  1.  No.  7,  thus  describes  it:  "ab.  Canteneri  Heydenreich  Catal 
(ab  ochracea),"  and  has  put  it  as  an  aberration  under  the  Spanish  and  Portu- 
guese race  Tlmis  rumiiia  riimina,  but  he  gives  no  type  locality. 

In  1864  C.  and  R.  Felder,  Verh.  K.  K.  Zool.  Bot.  Gesells.  vol.  xiv.  p.  330. 
No.  527,  give  a  "  var.  Canteneri  Heydenreich  lin.  litt.  .  .  .  Algeria,"  and  quote 
as  type  figure  Lucas'  T.  rumina  var.  in  the  Expl.  d'Alg.  Zool.  iii.  p.  346.  pi.  1. 
f.  1.  Now,  it  is  a  very  moot  point,  as  both  Staudinger  and  the  Felders  quote  as 
the  source  of  the  name  canteneri  the  same  manuscript  catalogue  of  Heydenreich 
and  Staudinger  gives  no  type  locality,  while  the  Felders  give  Algeria,  whether 
the  name  canteneri  ought  not  to  be  used  for  the  Mauretanian  form  of  rumina 
instead  of  mauretanica  Schultz.  This  can  only  be  decided  if  the  consensus  of 
opmion  agrees  as  to  which  of  these  two  authors  is  the  real  author  of  the  name, 
Staudinger  by  saying  "  ab.  ochracea  "  and  being  considered  to  have  fixed  the 
locality  by  placing  it  under  the  "forma  Iberica,"  or  the  Felders  by  actually 
quoting  a  type  locality  "Algeria"  and  by  quoting  a  figure  of  an  Algerian 
specimen  of  the  dark  orange  aberration.     The  series  at  Tring  number  100. 

1  Algeria,  Sandt  coll. 
22  Oran,  AprU  1913,  W.  R.,  E.  H. 

1  Santa  Cruz,  Oran,  February  1906,  Dr.  Nissen. 
45  Environs    d'Alger    (Hussein     Dey,    ilaison    Carree,    Femme    Sauvage), 
March— April  1905-1913,  Dr.  Nissen  and  Captam  Holl. 

8  Hammam  R'Uira,  4  April  1912,  W.  R.  and  K.  J.,  and  2  ex  larva  (larvae 
May  1908,  VV.  R.  and  K.  J.),  1  emerged  1909  and  the  other  1910  at  Tring  ;  2 
July  1916,  Faroult. 

3  Blida  les  Glacieres,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
12  Tlemcen,  April  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
1  larva  Lac  Fetzara,  May  1909,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

3  larvae,  Hammam  R'ihra,  May  1911,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

In  the  British  Museum  are  : — 

1  <?  Sebdou,  Dr.  Codet,  1880—1882. 

4  Tangier,  Meade-Waldo. 

1  Bubana,  March  1901,  Meade-Waldo. 
3  Tangier,  Mr.  Blackmore. 

I  Mogador,  Leech.  (This  has  the  black  markings  much  reduced  and  the 
yellow  extended.) 

Mr.  Meadc-Waldo  in  his  article  quotes  only  Tangier,  February — April  1901, 
Miss  Fountaine  quotes  Teniet-el-Haad,  May,  June  1904,  in  addition  to  Hammam 
R'ihra  and  Blida  in  April.     Mr.  Blachier  gives  only  Tangier. 


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6.  Aporia  crataegi  mauritanica  Oberth. 

Aporia  crataegi  mavritnnkn  Obertliiir,  Etiid.  Lepid.  Comp.  Fasc.  III.  p.  120  (1900)  (Algeria). 

Personally  we  only  eanie  across  this  butterfly  once  in  Algeria,  and  that  at 
Blida  ks  Glacieres  in  1908.     At  Tring  we  have  171  specimens. 
108  Blida  les  Glacieres,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
5  Foret  de  Taouriit  Ighil.  Kabylie,  June  1906.  Dr.  Nissen. 
1   Yakouren,  June  1906,  Dr.  Nissen. 
1  Foret  de  TAkfadou  Kabylie,  June  1906,  Dr.  Nissen. 
4  Batna,  May  1912,  Nelva. 
19  Seksawa,  Morocco,  April  1905,  W.  Riggenbach. 
33  Tiiougelt,  Batra.  May  1914,  A.  Nelva. 
1  larva.  Blida  les  Glacieres,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
This  subspecies  of  Aporia  crataegi  is  unrepresented  m  the  British  Museum. 
Miss  Fountaine  records  this  insect  from  Teniet-el-Haad,  May— June  1904. 

7.  Ganoris  brassicae  brassicae  (Linn). 

Papilio  brassicae  Linnaeus,  Syst.  Nat.  I.  p.  467.  No.  ,j8  (1758)  (Sweden). 

This  butterfly  is  faii-ly  abundant  north  of  the  Atlas  in  Algeria,  but  we  found 
it  much  rarer  to  the  south  and  never  got  it  in  any  of  the  oases  south  of  Biskra. 
The  Algerian,  Tunisian,  and  Moroccan  series  at  Tring  is  107. 

1  Ouled  Farsh,  Morocco. 

19  Mazagan,  Morocco,  March— April  1902,  W.  Riggenbach. 

2  Mwhoila  (Orange  Grove,  Oum-er-Rebia),  Mazagan,  April  1901,  Harteit 
and  Riggenbach. 

11  Shiadma,  Morocco,  March  1905,  W.  Riggenbach. 

3  Tamarouth,  Morocco,  June  1904,  W.  Riggenbach. 
3  Rabat,  Morocco,  1914,  A.  Thery. 

1  Morocco  (Marakesh),  1902,  W.  Riggenbach. 

2  Djebel  Tixa,  Morocco,  March  1905,  W.  Riggenbach. 
1  Cap  Blanco,  April  1902,  W.  Riggenbach. 

I  Mogador,  Staudinger. 

3  Oran,  April  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

11  Environs   d'Alger,  February— August    1904-1913,  W.  R.,   E.   H.,  K.    J. 
and  Dr.  Nissen. 

1  Leila  Kredidja,  Kabylie,  July  1907,  Dr.  Nissen. 

1  Blida  les  Glacieres,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
17  Hammam  R'ihra,  May  1908-1913,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J. 

1  Biskra,  March  1914,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

1  El  Kantara,  April  1908,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

1  Tlemcen,  AprU  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

2  Constantine,  May  1908,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

21  Environs  de  Tunis,  March  and  April  1915,  E.  Blanc. 

4  Environs  de  Batna,  1914-1915,  A.  Nelva. 

Mr.  Gibbs  records  brassicae  also  from  Tlemcen,  May — June  1910. 
In  the  British  Museum  the  only  Mauretanian  brassicae  are  7  specimens  from 
Meade- Waldo. 

Mr.  Meade- Waldo  in  his  article  gives  Tangier,  December — August  1900-1902. 


74  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

8.  Ganoris  rapae  mauritanica  (Verity). 

Pieria  rapae  mauritanica  Verity,  Rhopalocera  Palaearctica,  p.  155.  pi.  xxiii.  £f.  43,  44  (1908)  (Algeria). 

The  name  mauritanica  is  applied  by  Dr.  Verity  to  the  summer  generation, 
and  he  states  that  the  spring  generation  differs  from  gen.  vern.  leucotera  Stefan. 
from  Italy  in  having  the  cellular  light  and  dark  streaks  on  the  underside  of 
the  hindwings  much  less  strongly  developed.  We  have  a  Mauretanian  series 
of  274  at  Tring. 

5  Mogador,   Staudinger. 

4  Truchan,  Morocco,  April  1904,  W.  Riggenbach. 

2  Seksawa,  Morocco,  April  1905,  W.  Riggenbach. 

3  Rabat,  Morocco,  1914,  A.  Thery. 

2  Mtonga,  Morocco,  May  1904,  VV.  Riggenbach. 

27  Mazagan,  Morocco,  May  1902,  W.  Riggenbach. 

3  Ouled  Farsh,  Morocco,  May  1905,  W.  Riggenbach. 

3  Tamarouth,    Morocco,    June    1904,    W.    Riggenbach. 

1  Nedroma,  Prov.  Oran,  May  1914,  Faroult. 

4  Lalla  ILirnia,  December  and  May   1914,  Faroult. 

2  Masser  Mines,  May  1914,  Faroult. 

1  Tlemcen,  AprO   1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

3  Ain  Sefra,  May  1913,  W.  R.  ard  E.  H. 

4  Saida,  May   1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

2  Titen  Yaya,  May  1915,  Rotrou. 

5  Oran,  April  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

39  Envh-ons  d'Alger.  February  ar.d  May  1908-1911,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  K.  J., 
and  Dr.  Nissen. 

5  Leila  Kredidja,  Kabylie,  July   1907-1908,  Dr.  Nissen. 
10  Blida  les  Glacieres,  June   1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

28  Hammam  Rihra,  May  1908-1913,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J. 
4  Guelt-es-Stel,  April  1913,  Faroult. 

2  Bou  Saada,  May  1911,  Faroult. 

1  El  Golea,  March  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

1  Ouargla,  June  1914,  Geyr  von  Schweppenburg. 

1  Bled-et-Amar,  Slarch   1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

7  Touggourt,  February  and  April  1909  and  1912,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J. 
44  Biskra,  February— April  1908-1914,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
42  El   Kantara,    Feljruary— April,    June,    July    1908-1911,    W.    R.,    E.    H., 
and  Cheli  Brahim. 

6  Batna,  May  1909-1914,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  Nelva. 

3  Constantine,  May  1908,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

3  Hammam  Meskoutine,  April— May  1909-1914,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J. 
1  Souk  Ahras,  April  1914,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
12  Environs  de  Tunis,  March— April— June   1915-1916,  E.  Blanc. 

The  British  Museum  contains  7  specimens  collected  by  Meade-Waldo, 
the  2  from  the  Atlas  being  very  small ;  1  Constantine,  April  1882,  and  1 
Batna,  May  1882,  H.  J.  Ehves. 

Mr.  Meade- Waldo  in  his  article  gives  Tangier,  March  1901  ;  Klatsa,  May 
1901  j    and  Saffi,  August   1901. 


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9.  Pieris  napi  atlantica,  subspec.  nov. 

The  form  found  at  Blida  les  Glacieres  and  in  the  Kabylie  is  very  distinct. 
It  differs  from  European  specimens  by  being  ver}'  white  above,  as  the  vems 
are  not  marked  with  black  or  grey  and  the  black  spots  on  the  forewing  are 
very  much  larger,  and  below  there  is  hardly  any  trace  of  the  green  on  and  around 
the  nervures  of  the  hindwing.  AVe  our,,selves  have  only  taken  it  at  Blida  les 
Glaciere.s,  but  Dr.  Nissen  has  taken  it  in  the  Kabylie,  and  I  have  one  said  to 
have  been  taken  by  Faroult  in  Tunis.  My  single  Moroccan  specimen  has  more 
pointed  forewings  and  is  more  yellowish  above,  but  I  cannot  judge  from  one 
specimen.  Mr.  Gibbs  records  napi  atlantica  also  from  Blida.  We  have  of  this 
17  at  Tring. 

10  Blida  les  Glacieres,  June  19U8  and  1912,  W.  R.,  K.  J.,  and  Dr.  Nissen. 

5  Col  de  Chrea,  July   1912,  Dr.  Nissen. 

1  Tamarouth,  Morocco,  June   1904,  W.  Riggenbach. 

1  Tunis,  June   15th,   1913  {fide  Faroult). 

In  the  British  Museum  there  are  no  specimens  of  7iapi  from  North-west 
Africa. 

Miss  Fountaine  records  it  in  May  both  from  Blida  and  Teniet-el-Haad.  With 
the  exception  of  L.  glauconome  and  Teracolus  chrysonome,  this  is  the  rarest  of 
the  North  African  Pieridae,  though  G.  rhamni  is  not  much  commoner. 

10.  Leucochloe  glauconome  glauconcme  (Klug). 

Pontia  glauconutne  Klug,  Symb.  Phys.  Fol.  h.  No.  12.  T^ib.  vii.  flf.  18.  19  (1829)  (Mount  .Siaai,  on 
Erigerum  denticulatum). 

Before  Dr.  Ernst  Hartert  obtained  the  two  specimens  enumerated  below, 
the  only  Mauretanian  record  was  the  specimen  obtained  by  the  late  Roland 
Trinien  at  Constantine.  The  two  mentioned  below  and  two  from  Assouan  are 
all  we  have  at  Tring   of  true  glauconome. 

1  North  of  Aiii  Guettara,  April   1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

1  South  Oued  Mya,  May  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

11.  Leucochloe  daplidice  albidice  (Oberth.). 

Pieris  daplidire  var.  albidice  Oberthur,  Etiid.  d'Entom.  Fasc.  VI.  p.  47  (1881)  (Algeiie,  Prov.  Con- 
stantine Sud). 

Mr.  Charles  Oberthiir,  in  hLs  Etudes  de  Lepidopterologie  Comparee,  Fasc. 
III.  pp.  122-125  (1909),  has  pointed  out  that  Esper  and  Freyer's  Pieris  raphani, 
which  Staudinger  and  most  of  us  following  him  accepted  as  bemg  the  southern 
race  of  daplidice  Luin.,  and  therefore  having  priority  over  Oberthiir's  albidice, 
is  really  Belenois  hellica  (Linn.).  This  was  also  known  to  the  late  Mr.  W.  F. 
Kirby,  for  we  find  in  his  Catalogue  of  Diurnal  Lepidoptera,  p.  452,  raphoni  Esp. 
as  a  synonym  under  hellica. 

In  my  article  on  Dr.  Hartert's  de.sert  trip,  Nov.  Zool.  vol.  xx.  pp.  110-111 
(1913),  and  in  Nov.  Zool.  vol.  xxi.  pp.  299-330  (1914),  ui  the  preliminary 
account  of  the  fauna  of  Guelt-es-Stel,  I  most  unfortunately  committed  another 
mistake  ;  for  although  I  did  not  commit  the  error  of  mistaking  raphani  for 
albidice,  I  used  it  for  the  form  of  daplidice  inhabiting  the  northern  and  southern 


76  XoviTATES  ZooLonirAE  XXIV.    1917. 

borders  of  the  Mediterranean.  Now  that  we  are  all  agreed  that  raphani  is  not 
a  form  of  daplidice,  it  remains  to  be  seen  what  the  North  African  daplidice  ought 
to  be  called.  Mv.  Oberthiir  rather  begs  the  question  by  treating  his  own  albidice 
in  Fasc.  X.  of  the  Etudes  as  a  mere  aberration  because  it  occurs  sporadically  in 
Spain,  Italy,  and  South  France.  The  matter  cannot  rest  there  ;  whereas  albidice 
is  only  a  rare  aberration  north  of  the  Mediterranean,  it  occurs  regularly  in 
considerable  numbers  south  of  the  Mediterranean,  and  in  the  desert  from  Biskia 
and  Laghouat  southwards  by  far  the  largest  number  of  specimens  are  either 
albidice  or  intermediates  between  that  and  the  normal  Mediterranean  daplidice. 
Staudinger  in  such  cases  got  over  the  difficulty  by  prefixing  the  term  var.  et 
ab.  before  the  name  of  such  forms,  which  in  one  district  appeared  as  individual 
aberrations  and  in  others  as  a  good  local  race.  This  we  cannot  do,  as  the  "  Inter- 
national Rules  of  Nomenclature"  decree  thatlocal  races  must  be  named  t  rinomially , 
while  aberrati(3iml  names  must  have  the  abbreviation  ab.  put  before  them. 
As  it  is  a  fact  that  a  large  proportion  of  the  Algerian  daplidice  really  are  always 
albidice,  I  think  it  is  quite  clear  that  we  must  treat  the  Mauretanian  daplidice 
as  a  distinct  subspecies  under  the  name  L.  daplidice  albidice  (Oberth.). 

We  personally  have  never  met  with  it  in  any  numbers  north  of  the  desert, 
but  Dr.  Hartert  found  it  very  common  from  Touggourt  to  the  south,  and  the 
only  place  I  s;;w  it  in  fair  numbers  was  at  Berrian.  At  Tring  the  series  from 
Mauretania  is  271. 

1  Tamarouth,  Morocco,  June   1904,   W.  Riggenbach. 

1  Mazagan,  Morocco,  August    1900,   W.   Riggenbach. 

2  Skiadma,  Morocco,  March  1905,  W.  Riggenbach. 

6  Mogador,  Staudinger. 

2  Lalla  Marnia,  December   1914,  Faroult. 
8  Ain  Sefra,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

3  Saida,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

3  Tifrit,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

4  Titen  Yaya,  June  and  August   1915,  Rotrou. 

7  Oran,  April  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

2  Environs  d'Alger,  May— June  1911,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

69  Guelt-es-Stel,  April— September  1912-1913,  W.  R.  and  K.  J.  and  Faroult. 
1  Hammam  R'ihra,  May  1916,  Faroult. 
4  Puits  Baba,  May   1913,  Faroult. 

7  Berrian.  April  1911,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

41  Ghardaia,  April— May   1911-1914,  W.   R.,   E.   H.,   and  C.  H. 
22  El  Hadadra,  May  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

3  El  Arich,  June  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

1  Bled-et-Amar,  March  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

4  Djcbel  Kerdada,  May   1912,  Faroult. 

3  Biskra,  March— AprU  1911-1914,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  C.  H. 
31  El  Kaiitara,  April— June  1908-1909,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.  and  Cheh  Brahim. 

6  Batna,  April   1908-1914,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.  and  Nelva. 
19  Khenchela,  May— June  1911-1912,  W.  R.  and  K.  J.  and  Faroult. 

3  Cbnstantine,  May   1908,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

3  Djelfa,  May   1913,  Faroult. 

8  N.  of  Ain  Guettara,  April  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 


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2  Ain  Draham,  Tunisia,  March   1909. 

6  Environs  de  Tunis,  March — May   1915,  E.   Blanc. 

The  British  Museum  possesses  3  from  the  Meade-Waldo  collection- ;  3 
from  Lambessa,  May  1882;  1  Constantine,  April  1882,  J.  H.  Elwes  ;  and  2 
from   Biskra,    May    1885. 

L.  Bleuse  ex  Oberthiir  coll.  ex  Grum-Grshimailo  cfill.  Mr.  Meade-Waldo 
in  his  article  quotes  Wad  Moorbey  (nom  rect.  Oum-er-Rebia),  June  1901  ;  Sould 
Jedid  and  Tsauritz  Entsagauz,  July  1901. 


12.  Euchloe  belia  (Linn.). 

Papilio  belia  Linnaeus,  Syst.  Nat.  I.  p.  701.  No.  84  (1767)  (Barbaria). 

Both  Mr.  Oberthiir  and  I  have  declared  that  we  feel  sure  that  the  name 
hdia  Liim.  applies  to  the  ?  of  the  insect  described  by  him  on  p.  762  of  the  above- 
quoted  work,  namely  euphero  Linn.,  and  therefore  Cramer's  application  of  it 
to  another  insect,  which  has  been  followed  by  Staudiiiger,  Dr.  Verity,  and 
most  other  lepidopterists,   cannot  possibly  be  accepted. 

Staudinger  asserts  that  belia  Linn,  is  unrecognisable  and  doubtful,  and 
therefore  is  a  nomen  nudum.  I  have  before  shown  (Nov.  Zool.  vol.  xxi.  p.  301 
(1914))  that  the  name  helia  Liun.  is  not  doubtful,  and  BIi-.  Oberthur  goes  even 
further  by  quoting  verbatim  Lmnaeus'  original  diagnosis. 

Now,  apart  from  the  fact  that  Brander,  the  Swedish  Consul,  who  sent  to 
Linnaeus  all  his  Algerian  insects,  could  not  go  much  beyond  the  limits  of  the 
town  of  Algiers,  and  therefore  could  never  have  been  near  the  haunts  of  T. 
nauna,  the  only  other  white  butterfly  with  orange  tifs  found  hi  Algeria,  i.e. 
Biskra  and  interior  of  the  Province  of  Oran,  the  word  in  the  description  de- 
scribmg  the  underside  of  the  hindwing  ought  to  have  told  anyone  but  a  wilfully 
obtuse  person  that  belia  could  only  apply  to  the  Euchloe.  This  word  flavissime, 
when  translated  mto  English,  reads  intense  yellow,  and  therefore  could  not 
apply  to  the  Teracolus,  in  which  the  underside  of  the  hindwing  in  the  spring 
brood  is  dirty  pink,  and  in  the  summer  brood  is  white,  huffish  white,  or  dirty 
pale  buff,  but  never  intense  yellow. 

The  series  at  Triiig  principally  exhibits  variation  in  the  width  and  presence 
or  absence  of  the  black  borders  to  the  orange  apex  of  the  forewuigs.  1  S  and 
1  ?  from  Guelt-es-Stel  have  the  apices  of  the  forewings  almost  completely  black 
and  1  ?  from  there  has  the  orange  patch  as  big  as  in  the  rjj,  but  without  the 
black  borders  as  in  the  5$,  of  b.  androgyne  Leech.  The  Tring  series  numbers 
757.  The  S  from  Blidah  (Faroult,  1916)  is  pale  lemon-yellow,  and  the  orange 
of  the  apices  is  replaced  by  very  pale  pmk. 

1  Afrique  !  ! 

1  Algdrie  ! 

1  Morocco  ?  ? 

1  Mauretania,  ex  Staudinger  (xanthic  ?). 
35  Masser  Jlines,  May  1914,  Faroult. 

8  Lalla  Marnia,  AprU  1914,  Faroult. 
45  Tlemcen,  April  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

1  Tifrit,  near  Saida,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 


78  XOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917. 

29  Oran,  April  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

63  Environs  d'Alger,  March— May  1908-1914,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  K.  J.,  and 
Dr.  Ni.ssen. 

18  Blida  les  Glacieres,  June  1908  and  April  1916,  W.  R.,  K.  J.,  and  Faroult. 

10  Hammam  R'ihra,  AprU— May  1908-1916,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J.,  and 
Faroult. 

72  Bsrrouaghia,  April  1914,  Faroult. 
310  Guelt-es-Stel,  April  1913,  Faroult. 

2  Djelfa,  May  1913,  Faroult. 

7  El  Kantara,  May  1908-1911,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  Faroult. 
17  Khenchela,  May  1912,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

27  Lambessa,  May  1909,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

36  Batna,  Jlay  1909-1914,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  Nelva. 

7  Constantine,  May  1908,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
22  Hammam  Meskoutine,  April— May  1914,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

28  Souk  Ahras,  April  1914,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
1  Ain  Draham,  Tunisia. 

6  Envii-ons  de   Tunis,  April — June   1916,   E.   Blanc. 
5  Djebel  Zaccar,  above  Miliana,  June   1916,  Faroult. 

3  Djebel  Mekter,  Ain  Sefra,  May  1913,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

The  Djebel  Mekter  ?,  two  from  the  Environs  d' Alger,  and  three  from  Guelt- 
es-Stel,  have  almost  as  wide  orange  apices  to  the  forewing  as  9  b.  androgyne 
Leech,  but  are  not  so  large,  and  the  lemon  suffusion  of  the  hindwing  is  absent  ; 
these  may  be  called  ab.  intermedia  ab.  no  v. 

The  British  Museum  has  the  following  specimens  :  5  Algiers,  Leech  coll.  ; 
2  Lambessa,  AprU  ;  2  Constantine,  AprU  ;  1  El  Kantara,  May  ;  1  PhUippevUle, 
May  188'2,  H.  J.  Elwes  ;  9  Khenchela,  AprU— May  1906,  Lord  Walsingham  ; 
7  Meade-Waldo  ;  4  Tangier,  Druce  coll.  ex  Salvui  Godman  coll.  ;  1  Tangier, 
Leech  coll.  ;    1  Tangier,  AprU  1896,  H.  J.  Elwes  ;   4  Tangier,  Mr.  Blackmore. 

Mr.  Jleade- Waldo  gives  in  his  article  the  following  data  :  Tangier,  March — 
AprU  1901  ;    Hawara,  May  1901. 


12a.  Ehichloe  belia  androgyne  (Leech). 

Anlhocharis  eupheno  var.  androgyne  Leech,  P.Z.S.  1886.  p.  122  (Mogador). 

This  subspecies  of  belia  appears  to  be  confined  to  the  low  country  and 
littoral  of  the  Atlantic  coast  of  Morocco  ;  the  o  is  larger  and  has  less  marking 
on  the  underside  of  the  hindwings ;  the  ?  is  very  different,  having  the  orange 
tip  extending  inwards  as  far  as  the  discocellular  stigma,  and  the  hindwings 
suffused  with  lemon-yellow.     The  Tring  series  consists  of  13  specimens  (2  $$). 

10  Ouled  Farsh,  Morocco,  February — May   1901,  W.  Riggenbach. 

1  Skiadma,  March  1905,  W.  Riggenbach. 

2  Djebel  Chedar,  February   1902,  W.  Riggenbach. 

The  British  Museum  possesses  14  specimens  from  Mogador  Leech  coll. 
Mr.  Meade- Waldo  quotes  in  his  article  1  $  Forest  of  Marmora  (near  Rabat), 
March  1902. 


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13.  Euchloe  charlonia  (Donzel). 

Anthocharis  charlonia  Donzel,  Ann.  Soc.  Entom.  France,  vol.  11.  p.  197.  pi.  viii.  f.  I  (1842)  (Emsilah, 
Algeria). 

There  appear  to  be  three  generations  of  this  species  in  the  year,  but  they 
differ  very  little,  that  in  autumn  generally  having  the  largest  number  of  large 
individuals.     There  are  in  the  Tring  Museum  1,091  specimens  from  Mauretania. 

2  Mauretania,   Staiidinger. 

7  Mogador,  Staudinger. 

1  Skiadma,  Morocco,  March  1905,  W.  Riggenbach. 

1  Djebel  Tixa,  Morocco,  March  1905,  W.  Riggenbach. 

7  Masser  Mines,  May  1914,  Faroult. 

18  Lalla  Marnia,  May  and  December   1914,  Faroult. 
26  Aiu  Sefra,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

5  Titen  Yaya,  November  1914— May  1915,  Rotrou. 

1  Sidi-bel- Abbes,   November    1914,   Rotrou. 
12  Berrouaghia,  April  1914,  Faroult. 

6  Boghari,  April  1911-1913,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  K.  J.,  and  Faroult. 
596  Guelt-es-Stel,  March— November  1912-1913,  Faroult. 

2  Djelfa,  May  1914,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

69  Laghouat,  April  1911,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

2  Tilghempt,   April    1912,   Faroult. 

17  Berrian,  April  1911,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

7  Ghardaia,  April  1911,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
58  Bou  Saada,  March — May   1911,  Faroult. 

3  Nga-bffn-Rzig,  February  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 
2  Ourh,  February  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

9  Bordj  Chegga,  February  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

19  Col  de  Sfa,  Biskra,  March  1911,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

1  Fontaine  Chaude,  Biskia,  April  1909,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
24  Biskra,  March  1908-1914,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.  and  Arab  native. 

70  El  Outaya,  February— March  1911,  Farouh. 

153  El  Kantara,  March— June  1908-1911,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.,  Faroult,  and 
Cheli  Brahim. 

1  Gorges  de  Tilatou,  March   1909,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
9  Khenchela,  May  1912,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

2  Environs  de  Batna,   Nelva. 

The  British  Museum  has  the  following  specimens  from  Mauretania :  6 
Algeria,  Crowley  bequest  ;  2  Envhons  de  Batna,  Elwes  coll.  ;  2  Algeria,  Stau- 
dinger-Salvm-Godman  coll.  ;  5  Biskia,  February  1894,  Rev.  A.  E.  Eaton  ; 
February  1902,  Lord  Walsingham  ;  5  El  Kantara,  JNIay  1882,  Elwes  coll.  ;  1 
Bou  Saada,  R.  Oberthiir,  1875,  Elwes  coll.  ;  1  Oran,  Elwes  coll.  ;  1  Shietia, 
Tunisia,  G.  C.  Champion  ;    2  North  Africa,  Hewitson  coll. 

Lieutenant  Holl,  son  of  the  late  Captain  HoU,  told  me  he  saw  this  insect 
much  south  of  Ghardaiii,  halfway  between  there  and  El  Golea. 


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14.  Euchloe  tagis  pechi  (Stand.). 

Anthocharis  pechi  Staudinger,  EtUom.  Xachr.  vol.  11.  \<.  10  (1885)  (I.ambe»sa). 

Till  \ve  found  pechi  at  Gnelt-es-Stel.  it  had  only  be'-n  obtained  by  Pech  at 
Lambe.ssa,  and  by  Miss  Fountaine  and  Mrs.  I\I.  dc  la  P.  Nicholl  at  El  Kantara 
and  Lambessa,  and  two  or  three  odd  speeimers  at  El  Kantara  by  others.  It 
has  only  been  obtained  in  addition  by  Faroult  at  B.-rrouaghia,  so  its  range 
seems  not  only  limited  to  the  Hants  Plateaux  of  the  Provinces  of  Alger  and 
Constantine,  but  even  here  to  be  very  local  and  sporadic  in  its  distribution. 

Mr.  Charles  Oberthiir  is  of  opinion  that  this  elegant  little  insect  is  a  very 
distinct  species,  while  Dr.  Verity  is  convinced  that  it  is  only  the  Algerian  form 
of  tagis.  I  personally  agree  with  Dr.  Verity,  for  I  have  specimens  at  Tring  and 
there  are  in  the  British  Museum  specimens  of  tagis  tagis  and  tagis  hisitanica 
which  are  extremely  similar  to  pechi  on  the  underside  of  the  hindwing,  while 
there  is  one  specimen  in  the  British  Museum  of  tagis  iusitanica  which,  except 
for  being  larger,  is  almost  identical  with  pechi  both  above  and  below.  However, 
a  careful  study  of  the  genitalia  of  pechi,  tagis,  ausonia,  and  insularis  is  the  only 
method  by  which  the  specific  relationship  of  these  highly  interesting  and  puzzling 
forms  can  be  settled  once  for  all.  The  two  insects  called  tagis  algirica  Oberth. 
and  tagis  mauretanica  Rober  remain  to  be  noticed.  Mr.  Charles  Oberthiir  is 
convinced  they  represent  the  West  Algerian  and  East  Algerian  races  of  tagis, 
while  Dr.  Verity  has  put  them  down  as  aberrations  of  ausonia.  I  am  persuaded 
that  the  latter  is  right,  because  among  my  huge  series  of  aitsonia  from  Guelt- 
es-Stel  (1,363  specimens)  there  are  specimens  agreeing  with  algirica  Oberthiir 
and  mauretanica  Rober,  and  also  many  intergradations. 

I  will  further  consider  this  question,  which  affects  the  nomerx-lature  princi- 
pally, under  the  next  species. 

The  El  Kantara  specimens  in  the  Briti>h  Museum  have  entirely  sooty- 
black  apices  to  the  forewings,  which  seems  to  show  that  there  is  a  tendency 
to  variation  in  the  eastern  localities,  for  Staudinger's  tjpe  is  also  mere  black 
at  the  apices  than  any  of  my  Guelt-es-Stel  and  Berrouaghia  examples.  There 
are  265  specimens  at  Trmg. 

261  Guelt-es-Stel,   February— March    1911-1914,    W.  R.   and  E.  H.,   Faroult 
and  Dr.  Nissen  (some  ex  larva  iide  Faroult  !  !). 
4  Berrouaghia,  April  1914,  Faroult. 

In  the  British  Museum  are  2  specimens,  El  Kantara,  February — March 
1902,  Miss  Fountaine. 

[Euchloe  ausonia  Hiibn.   (  =  helia  Cram,  and  auct.  nee  Linn.). 

In  NoviTATKs  ZooLOGiCAE,  vol.  xxi.  pp.  301-305  (1914),  I  gave  a  long  ex- 
planation of  the  muddle  into  which  Euchloe  ausonia  Hiibn.  =  belia  auct.  plur. 
had  been  brought,  and  gave  a  table  of  the  Western  Palaearctic  forms.  In  this 
article  I  divided  this  "  species,"  i.e.  group  of  local  races,  uito  two  sections  ; 
Group  I.  the  forms  with  only  a  single  yearly  generation  or  brood,  which  both 
in  the  Old  World  and  the  New  are  alpine  and  high  mountain  forms,  and  Group  II. 
the  forms  with  two  yearly  generations  or  broods,  and  in  which  the  two  seasonal 
forms  are   very  distinct.     As   in   Mauretania   there   are  no   representatives   of 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  81 

Group  I.,  I  will  not  recapitulate  the  names  of  these  forms  ;  but  as  I  appear  to 
have  rather  carelessly  followed  dates  pure  and  simple  instead  of  going  as  care- 
fully into  the  details  given  by  certain  authors  as  I  ought  to  have  done,  I  will 
here  repeat  the  table  of  Group  II.,  emphasising  by  the  type  those  names  which 
require  reviewing. 

Grotjt  II. 
Enchloe  aasonia  crameri  Butl. 
gen.  vern.  crameri  Butl. 
gen.  aest.  ALHAIffBRA  Ribbe. 
Spain  and  North  Algeria. 

Enchloe  ansonia  esperi  Kir  by. 

gen.  vern.  kirbyi  Rothsch. 
gen.  aest.  esperi  Kirby. 
Central  and  Southern  France. 

Enchloe  ansonia  matntia  Turati. 
gen.  vern.  matutia  Turati. 
gen.  aest.  turatii  Rothsch. 
Riviera  from  Hyeres  to  Genoa. 

Enchloei  ansonia  romana  Calberla. 

gen.  vern.  romana  Calberla. 
gen.  aest.  romanides  Verity. 
Tuscany  and  Central  Italy. 

Enchloe  ansonia  kmegeri  Turati. 

gen.  vern.  kruegeri  Turati. 
gen.  aast.  trinacriae  Turati. 
Sicily. 

EncUog  ansonia  graeca  Staudinger. 
gen.  vern.  graeca  Staudinger. 
gen.  aest.  maxima  Verity. 
Greece  and  Black  Sea  Coast. 

Enchloe  ansonia  CBAMEKIA  Butl. 
gen.  vern.  CKAMERIA  Butl. 
gen.  aest.  taurica  Rober. 


Asia  Minor. 


Palestine. 


Egypt. 
6 


Enchloe  ansonia  triangnla  Verity, 
gen.  vern.   triangula  Verity, 
gen.  aestiv.  melisanda  Fruhst. 

Enchloe  ansonia  aegyptiaca  Verity, 
gen.  vern.  aegyptiaca  Verity, 
gen.  aest.  ? 


82  NOVITATES    ZOOLOCICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

£uchloe  ansonia  MEIiAirOCHLOBOS  Rober. 

gen.   veru.   algirica   Obertli. 
gen.   aest.   melanochloros  Rober. 

Central  and  South  Algeria. 

Before  proceeding  to  rectify  the  three  .serious  errors  into  which  I  had  fallen 
I  should  lilce  to  pomt  out  the  reason  whj'  I  gave  no  diagnosis  of  the  two  new 
names  given  in  this  table.  I  concluded  that  the  giving  of  the  prefix  gen.  aest. 
and  gen.  vem.  was  sufficient  diagnosis,  for  the  difference  between  spring  and 
summer  generation  is  the  same  in  all  subspecies,  i.e.  the  summer  brood  differs 
from  the  spring  brood  in  all  cases  by  larger  size,  more  creamy  upperside,  and 
the  green  pattern  on  the  underside  more  "  run  "  and  irregular,  while  the  green 
is  strongly  suffused  with  yellow,  whereas  each  generation  of  one  subspecies  differs 
from  the  corresponding  generation  of  the  typical  race  by  the  same  differences. 

Now,  the  fu-st  error  I  committed  was  not  to  read  carefully  Ribbe's  description 
of  his  alhawhra.  If  I  had  done  so,  instead  of  applying  the  name  merely  from 
the  locality  to  summer  Andalusian  specimens  received  from  Ribbe,  I  should 
have  discovered  that  alhambra  was  applied  to  an  aberration  with  reduced  white 
spots  and  increased  green  markings  of  both  spring  and  summer  generations 
of  crameri.  This  necessitates  giving  a  name  to  the  Spanish  and  North  African 
summer  brood,  and  I  propose  to  call  it  butleri  ;  so  that  this  subspecies  must 
stand  in  the  table  as  follows  : 

Euchloe  ansonia  crameri  Butl. 

gen.  vern.  cra7neri  Butl. 
gen.  aest.  butleri  Rothsch. 
Spain  and  North  Africa  (north  of  Atlas). 

The  second  mistake  I  have  made  is  that  I  read  too  hastily  the  synonymy 
under  Euchloe  crameria  in  the  Catalogue  of  Diurnal  Lepidoptera  described  by 
Fabricius,  or  I  should  have  seen  that,  whereas  I  thought  Mr.  Butler  was  here 
renaming  Cramer's  belia  ox  Asia  Minor,  crameria  is  only  a  misquotation  of  the 
name  crameri  given  to  a  specimen  labelled  "  Germany,  J.  J.  Becker,"  but  really 
from  some  part  of  the  Iberian  peninsula. 

Thus  here  again  the  spring  brood  of  the  Asia  Minor  race  (which  is  belia 
Cram,  (type  locality  Smyrna))  requires  a  new  name,  and  I  propose  the  name 
originalis  for  it.  This  Asia  Minor  subspecies  will  therefore  have  to  be  altered 
m  the  key  to : 

Euchloe  ausonia  taurica  Rober. 


gen.  vern.   originalis  Rothsch. 
gen.  aest.  taurica  Rober. 


Asia  Minor. 


The  greatest  mistake,  however,  which  I  perpetrated  is  in  connection  with 
the  Central  and  South  Algerian  form  ;  and  as  I  had  been  special!}'  studying  this 
race  I  consider  my  error  most  unjustifiable,  even  though  tlie  .synonymy  of  the 
North  African  races  was  so  entangled.  Fir.st  of  all,  from  the  fact  that  most  of 
ray  May  specimens  of  Algerian  ausonia  are  already  belonging  to  the  summer 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1!I17.  83 

generation,  I  jumped  to  the  conclusion  that  Rober's  melanochloros  must  be  an 
aberrtation  of  the  summer  brood.  Instead  of  which  it  was  founded  on  very 
late  individuals  of  the  spring  brood,  wViich  were  remarkable  for  the  reduction 
of  the  white  spots  in  the  green  of  the  hindwings  ;  in  fact,  Rober  gave  two  names 
to  the  same  insect,  viz.  belia  melanochloros  to  actual  specimens  or  a  description 
he  had  of  Batna  individuals  captured  in  May,  and  tagis  mauretanica,  which 
he  gave  to  the  figure  of  pechi  Oberth.  nee  Stdgr.,  which  was  captured  by  J.  Merkl 
at  Lambessa  in  April.  As  there  are  specimens  of  both  melanochloros  Rober 
and  algirica  Oberth.  among  the  spring  brood  of  ausonia  from  Guelt-es-Stel, 
and  intermediates  between  these  and  the  typical  individuals  of  this  race,  it  is 
quite  clear  that  they  are  only  extreme  aberrations,  and  however  regrettable  it 
is,  there  being  only  these  two  names  available  for  the  Central  and  South  Algerian 
race,  and  algirica  Oberth.  being  the  oldest,  the  subspecific  name  becomes 
Euchloe  ausonia  algirica  Oberth.  Now,  as  both  these  names  were  applied  only 
to  the  spring  brood,  the  summer  brood  is  without  a  name,  and  I  propose  to 
call  it  pscudonyvms,  and  this  subspecies  must  be  altered  in  the  table  to  : 

Enchloe  ausonia  algirica  Oberth. 
gen.   vern.  algirica  Oberth. 
gen.  aest.   pseudonymus  Rothsch. 
Central  and  South  Algeria. 

The  higher  Atlas  specimens  of  ausonia  sometimes  stand  somewhat  in  between 
the  two  North  African  local  races,  as  was  to  be  expected.] 

15.  Euchloe  ausonia  crameri  Butl. 

Euchioe  crameri  Butl.,  Entom.  Month.  Mag.  vol.  v.  p.  271.  No.  2  (1869)  (South  Europe  !  !). 

This  is  the  form  which  occurs  on  the  littoral,  in  the  Tell,  and  on  the  northern 
slopes  of  the  Northern  Atlas  chain  ;  it  is  quite  similar  to  Spanish  and  Portu- 
guese specimens,  and  does  not  appear  to  be  quite  so  variable  as  the  next  form. 

1  Rabat,  Morocco,   1914,  A.  Thery.x 
39  Moroccan  Frontier,  May   1914,  Faroult.x 
49  Masser  Mines,   May   1914,  Faroult.x 

7  Nedroma,  May  1914,  Faroult.x 
27  Lalla  Marnia,  May  1914,  Faroult.x 

3  Tlemcen,  April  1913,  VV.  R.  and  E.  H. 
27  Titen  Yaya,  May  1915,  Rotrou.x 

4  Oran,  April  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

5  Environs  d' Alger,   January — February    1913,   Captain  Holl. 

13  Blida  les  Glacieres,  May— June  1907-1908,  Dr.  Nissen  and  AV.  R.  and 
K.  J.x 

21  Hammam  R'ihra,  May— June  1908-1913,  W.  R.,  E.  H.  and  K.  J.x 

5  Constantine,  May  1882  and  1908,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.  and  H.  J.  Elwes.x 
119  Hammam  Meskoutine,  Jlay- June  1909-1914,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J.x 
42  Souk  Ahras,  April  1914,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

29  Envii-ons  de  Tunis,  March— Mayl908-1915,  E.  Blanc  and  Max  Bartel.x 
Those  marked  with  a  x  after  the  collector's  name  include  or  consist  entirely 
of  the  gen.  aest.  butleri.    The  Tring  series  ex  Mauretania  consists  of  391  specimens. 


84  NOVITATES    ZOOLOOICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

15a.  Euchloe  ausonia  algirica  (Oberth.). 

Anlhocharis  tagis  var.  algirica  Oberthiir,  Etiid.  Lipid.  Comp.  Fasc.  III.  p.   145  (1909)  (Meoheria, 
Prov.  Oran). 

This  form  is  very  variable,  especially  in  the  shape  of  the  wings  and  in  the 
marking  of  the  underside.  The  shape  varies  from  a  quite  rounded  forewing 
to  a  very  pointed  one,  and  on  the  underside  of  the  hiiidwuigs  the  white  markings 
in  the  green  of  the  hmdwuig  vary  from  quite  small  spots  and  dots  to  large 
splashes  or  broad,  irregular  bands  ;  these  white  marks  also  vary  in  themselves, 
for  in  some  specimens  they  are  dead  white,  while  in  others  they  are  lustrous 
pearly  white.  The  green  varies  also  from  dark  dull  green  in  some  individuals 
to  bright  grass  green  in  others. 

The  summer  brood,  gen.  aest.  fstvdonymus,  although  characterised  by  the 
stronger  admixture  of  yeUow  with  the  green  and  the  greater  diffusion  in  the 
bands  and  spots,  is  not  nearly  so  different  from  the  sprmg  brood,  gen.  vern, 
algirica,  as  are  the  spring  and  summer  broods  of  crameri. 

The  Tring  series  consists  of  2,069  specimens. 

5  Djebel  Tixa,  Morocco,  March   1905,  W.  Riggenbach. 

1  Tamarouth,  Morocco,  June  1904,  W.  Riggenbach.  x 
8  Mogador,  Morocco,  Staudinger.x 

30  Ain  Sefra,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.x 
18  Ras  Chergui,  May  1915,  Faroult.x 

3  Djebel  Mekter,  May  1913,  E.  H.  and  C.  H.x 
5  Saida,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.x 

4  Tifrit,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.x 
315  Berrouaghia,  April  1914,  Faroult. 

7  Boghari,  May  1913,  Faroult.x 
1,363  Guelt-es-Stel,  March— May  1911-1913,   W.   R.,  E.  H.,   and   K.   J.,  and 
Faroult.x 

5  Laghouat,  March— April  1911-1912,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.  and  Faroult. 

2  40  kilometres  south  of  Laghouat,  April  1911,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
60  Bou  Saada,  March— June   1911-1912,  Faroult.x 

3  Biskra,  March  1911,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
20  El  Outaya,  March— April  1911,  Faroult. 

130  El  Kantara,    March— May    1908-1911,  W.  R.  and    E.    H.,    Faroult  and 
Cheli  Brahim.x 

15  Khenchela,  May— June  1911-1912,  W.  R.  and  K.  J.  and  Faroult. 

7  Lambessa,  Kay  1909,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
68  Environs  de   Batna,  AprU— May  1909-1915,  Nelva. 

Where  a  x  follows  the  name  of  the  collector  it  denotes  that  some  or  all 
of  the  specimens  consist  of  the  summer  brood,  gen.  aest.  pseiidonymus. 

In  the  British  Museum  are  2  Lambessa,  April  1884,  J.  Merkl,  Oberthiir 
coll.  ex  Elwes  coll.  ;  1  Lambessa,  May,  and  1  El  Kantara,  May  1882,  H.  J. 
Elwes  ;    2  Mogador,  Leech  coll.  (summer  brood). 

The  ?  ab.  poslochracea  Rothsch.,  which  is  fau-ly  common  in  the  present 
subspecies,  is  very  much  rarer  in  crameri  from  Algeria.  I  have  it  only  from 
Htvmmam  Meskoutine. 


NOVITATKS    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  85 

[Euchloe  falloui  (Allard). 

I  divided  this  insect  into  two  subspecies,  naming  the  purely  desert  insect 
E.  falloni  ohsolescens,  but  stated  that  the  specimens  of  obsolescent  are  evidently 
a  second  or  summer  brood,  showing  the  same  characters  differentiating  it  from 
the  first  brood  as  do  the  second  broods  of  ausonia  and  belemia,  as  opposed  to 
their  respective  first  broods.  The  Ghardaia  specimens  of  the  first  brood  of 
/.  ohsolescens  show  very  little  difference  from  El  Outaya  first-brood  specimens^ 
but  I  have  ten  second-brood  specimens  captured  at  Oued  Hamidou  between 
Alger  and  I'Arba  and  eight  from  El  Kantara  which  are  not  at  all  like  the  second 
brood  from  the  desert.  Bou  Saada  second-brood  specimens  are  certainly  not 
all  alike,  but  average  about  85  per  cent,  with  fully  developed  green  bands  and 
about  15  per  cent,  either  ohsolescens  or  mtermediates.  I  think,  therefore,  that 
we  are  justified  in  maintaining  ohsolescens  as  a  distinct  race  and  regarduig  those 
from  Bou  Saada  as  somewhat  in  a  transitional  condition.] 


16.  Euchloefalloui  falloui  (Allard). 

Anthocharia  fallotii  Gaston  Allard,  Ann.  Soc.  Entom.  France,  Ser.  4.  vol.  vii.  pp.  312  and  318  (1867) 
(Biskra). 

The  only  difference  I  can  see  between  the  first  brood  of  /.  jallovi  and  that 
of  /.  ohsolescens  is  that  the  latter  has  the  green  bands  more  sage-green  and  some- 
what naiTOw,  while  the  former  has  them  broad  and  more  olive-green.  (The 
Bou  Saada  ones  have  these  bands  very  olive.) 

34  Col  de  Sfa,  Biskra,  February— March  1908-1911,  VV.  R.  and  E.  H.  and 
Staudinger   (3). 

8  El  Kantara,  August  1911,  Faroult. 
26  El  Outaya,  March  1911,  Faroult. 
8  Khenchela,  June  1911,  Farouh. 
10  Oued  Hamidou,  June  1912,  Faroult. 

33  Laghouat,  March— April  1911-1912,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.  and  Faroult. 
1  A'in  Draham,  July  1911,  Faroult. 

3  Guelt-es-Stel,  April  1912-1913,  W.  R.  and  K.  J.  and  Faroult. 
1  Djebel  Senia,  February  1910,  Faroult. 

The  British  Museum  has  the  following  specimens  :    5  Hammam-es-Salahin, 
April   1904,   Lord  Walsingham  ;     1  Tkoiit,  April   1906,  Lord  Walsingham  ;     1 
Biskra,  May  1885,  L.  Bleuse  ex  Ehves  coll.  ;    1  Biskra,  February  1894,  ex  Elwes 
coll.  ;    1  Mauretania,  Grum-Grshimailo  coll.  ex  Elwes  coll. 
The  series  at  Tring  comprises  124  specimens. 

16a.  Euchloe  falloui  form,  transit. 

The  bulk  of  the  specimens  present  little  variation  from  the  typical  form, 
though  in  nearly  all  the  green  bands  are  much  shaded  with  brownish  olive,  but 
from  5  to  15  per  cent,  show  either  a  transition  to  or  all  the  characters  of 
/.  ohsolescens. 

147  Bou  Saada,  May— August  1911-1912,  Faroult. 

6  Djebel  Kerdada,  May  1912,  Faroult. 


'^fi  XOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917. 

The  Tring  series  comprises  153  specimens  ;  6  larvae  and  1  pupa  (the  latter 
May  1912). 

In  the  British  Museum  there  is  of  this  transitional  form,  1  Bou  Saada,  Ren6 
Oberthiir,  1875,  ex  Elwes  coll. 


166.  Euehloe  falloui  obsolescens  Rothsch. 

Buchloe  falloui  obsolescens  Rothschild,  Novit.  Zool.  vol.  xx.  p.  112.  No.  6  (1913)  (South  Oued  Mya). 

Of  this  form  I  only  have  second-brood  examples  from  places  south  of 
Ghardaia,  but  first-brood  individuals  ought  not  to  be  different  from  Ghardaia 
examples.  Its  chief  character  distinguishing  it  from  /.  jalloui  is  the  strong 
increase  of  yellow  and  the  almost  vanishing  green  bands  on  the  underside  ai 
the  hindwings. 

1  Ideles,  March  1914,  Geyr  von  Schweppenburg. 

1  Oued  Agelil,  March   1914,  Geyr  von  Schweppenburg. 

3  South  Oued  Mya,  April— May  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

1  Ain  Guettera,  April  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

6  north  of  Ain  Guettera,  April  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

9  Ghardaia,  March— April  1911-1912,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.  and  Dr.  Nissen. 

The  Tring  Museum  possesses  21  examples  of  this  form. 

[Euehloe  belemia  Esper. 

Euehloe  belemia  from  North  Africa  has  been  considered  by  most  authors 
to  be  identical  with  typical  Spanish  and  Portuguese  examples.  Count  Turati 
separated  the  desert  specimens  under  the  name  E.  belemia  desertorum  on  the 
assumption  that  they  were  all  as  small  and  pale  as  the  specimens  from  Biskra 
he  had  before  him.  Rober  described  a  form  under  the  name  of  distincta,  which 
he  said  was  larger  than  the  type,  and  had  much  larger  square  black  stigmas 
on  the  forewing  and  which  he  says  flies  at  PhDippevOle.  In  former  articles  I 
employed  these  names  to  denote  respectively  the  desert  specimens,  i.e.  Biskra, 
Bou  Saada,  Laghouat,  etc.  ;  and  those  north  of  the  Southern  Atlas  range.  Mr, 
Oberthiir  quite  rightly  emphasises  the  fact  that  in  most  places  the  small  indi- 
viduals enormously  outnumber  the  large  ;  but  in  two  places,  viz.  Hammam 
R'ihra  and  Hammam  Meskoutme,  I  found  nothing  but  very  large  and  heavily 
marked  specimens.  Now  that  I  have  carefuUy  compared  a  much  larger  series  of 
individuals  than  I  could  formerly,  I  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  at  present, 
although  the  desert  form  is  fauly  recognisable  and  the  large  Philippeville  and 
Hammam  MeskoutLne  specimens  with  their  huge  discoidal  black  patch  are  very 
conspicuous,  the  general  run  of  Mauretanian  belemia  are  not  much  different 
from  specimens  obtained  north  of  the  Mediterranean,  and  it  will  require  careful 
examination  of  the  genitalia  and  the  special  Pierine  scaling  to  finally  determine 
the  different  races.  I  therefore  propose  in  this  article  to  treat  all  the  Maure- 
tanean  belemia  under  the  head  of  the  species  as  a  whole  till  such  times  as  Dr. 
Jordan  and  Professor  Dixey  can  find  time  to  work  out  the  races  of  belemia  over 
its  entire  range.] 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  87 

17.  Euchloe  belemia  Esper. 

Papilio  belemia  Esper,  Die  SchmeU.  to),  i.  pt.  2.  t.  110.  f.  2  (1792)  (?). 
5  Tangier. 
8  Mogador,  Staudinger. 

7  Mazagan,  Morocco,  March  1900,  W.  Riggenbach. 

4  Djebel  Chedar,  Morocco,  March   1901,  W.  Riggenbach. 

5  Skiadma,  Morocco,  March  1905,  W.  Riggenbach. 

4  Ouled  Far.sh,  Morocco,  May  1904,  W.  Riggenbach.  x 

1  MwhoUa,  Morocco,  ?  ?,  W.  Riggenbach. 
3  Rabat,  Morocco,  1914,  A.  Thery. 

59  Moroccan  Frontier,  May  1914,  Faroult.x 

3  Morocco,  October   1902,  ?  x 
37  Masser  Mines,  May  1914,  Faroult.x 

21  Nedroma,  May  1914,  Faroult.x 
221  Lalla  Marnia,  May  1914,  Faroult.x 

5  Ain  Sefra,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

19  Ras  Chergui  (Djebel  Mekter),  May  1915,  Faroult.x 

2  Saida,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.x 
11  Titen  Yaya,  May  1915,  Rotrou.x 

21  Oran,  April  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.x 

72  Envii'ons  d'Alger.  February— June  1908-1914,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J., 
Dr.  Nissen  and  Captain  Holl.x 

4  Blida  les  Glacieres,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J.x 

50  Hammam  R'ihra,  April— May  1908-1913,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J.x 
173  Bsrrouaghia,  April  1914,  Faroult. 

21  Boghari,  May  1913,  Faroult.x 

331  Guelt-es-Stel,  AprU— May  1912-1913,  W.  R.,  K.  J.,  and  Faroult.x 
1  Ain  Oussera,  April  1911,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

8  Puits  Baba,  May  1913,  Faroult.x 

8  Bou  Cedraia,  May  1913,  Faroult.x 

6  Laghouat,  March  1912,  Faroult. 

34  Bou  Saada,  March— AprU  1912-1913,  Faroult. 
1  Bled-et-Amar,  March  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 
1  N9a-Ben-Rzig,  February  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

3  Bordj  Chegga,  February  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

1  Col  de  Sfa,  Bi.skra,  February  1911,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
47  Biskra,  March— April  1908-1914,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

22  El  Outaya,  March— August  1910-1911,  Faroult. 

33  El    Kantara,    March— June    1882-1911,    W.    R.,    E.    H.,   Faroult,    Cheli 
Brahim,  and  H.  J.  Elwes.x 

8  Khenchela,  May  1912,  W.  R.  and  K.  J.x 
1  Lambe,ssa,  May  1909,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.x 

20  Environs  de  Batna,  June  1909-1913,  Nelva  and  Faroult. 

80  Hammam  Meskoutine,  May  1909-1914,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J. 
15  Souk  Ahras,  April  1914,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

4  Ain  Draham,  Tunisia,  Staudinger. 
1  Tozeur,  Tuni.sia,  Staudinger. 

22  Environs  de  Tunis,  March— April  1915,  E.  Blanc. 


88  NOVITATES    ZOOLOOICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

1  Kebili,  March   1907,  Staudinger. 
1  Djebel  Zaccar,  June  1906,  Faroult. 

The  Tring  Museum  series  from  Mauretania  consists  of  1,361  specimens. 

The  British  Museum  has  the  following  Mauretanian  belemia  :  7  Meade- 
Waldo  ;  8  Mogador,  Leech  coll.  ;  10  Tangier,  7  ex  Dnue  coll.,  2  ex  Bates,  and 
1  J.  J.  Walker,  all  ex  Salvin  Godman  coll.  ;  1  Biskra,  Maj'.  1  El  Kantara,  May 
1882,  H.  J.  Elwes. 

The  X  after  the  name  of  the  collector  denotes  that  some  or  all  of  the 
specimens  consist  of  the  summer  brood  glauce.  Miss  Fountaine  records  the 
summer  brood  glauce  from  Teniet-el-Haad,  May — ^June  1904. 

Euchloe  belemia  x  ausonia  algirica  ?  ? 

These  six  specuuens  and  some  eight  or  ten  others  taken  by  Dr.  Nissen 
are  very  remarkable  ;  thej-  are  undoubtedly  in  appearance  exactly  inter- 
mediate between  belemia  and  ausonia,  and  as  I  consider  a  specimen  taken  by 
myself  in  April  1912  to  agree  in  pattern  with  them,  I  treat  them  as  hybrids  ; 
but  if,  on  examination  of  its  genitalia,  this  specimen  should  turn  out  to  be  only 
an  aberrant  ausonia,  it  is  quite  possible  that  we  have  here  an  example  of  a 
third  brood  occurring  occasionally  among  the  normally  double-brooded  belemia. 

6  Guelt-es-Stel,  April— November  1912-1913,  W.  R.  and  K.  J.  and  Faroult. 

18.  Teracolus  evagore  nouna  (Luc). 

Anthocharis  nouna  Lucas,  Expl.  Scient.  de  I'Alg.  Zool.  III.  Lipid,  p.  350.  pi.  i.  ff.  2.  a,  b,  etc.  (1849) 
(Oran). 

Hitherto  this  beautiful  little  butterfly  has  been  placed  as  a  subspecies  of 
daira,  Klug,  but  it  agrees  better  with  that  author's  evagore,  which  I  think  is 
distmct  from  daira. 

It  has  two  broods,  which  differ  mostly  on  the  underside,  that  in  spring 
having  a  dirty  pink  colouring  of  the  underside  of  the  hindwing.  Monsieur 
Blachier  has  separated  the  spring  brood  from  Bislcra  as  var.  biskrensis.  I  have 
only  one  specimen  from  the  Province  of  Oran,  namely,  one  taken  by  myself  at 
Ain  Sefra,  and  this  certainly  differs  from  all  the  other  ??  in  the  Tring  Museum 
by  having  the  orange  apex  much  reduced ;  but  until  an  equally  large  series  of 
both  broods  from  Morocco  and  Oran  can  be  placed  side  by  side  with  my  325 
from  East  and  Central  Algeria  for  comparison,  I  feel  unable  to  decide  this 
point,  and  shall  record  all  specimens  under  no^ina  Lucas. 

1  Djebel  Tixa,  Morocco,  March  1905,  W.  Riggenbach. 

1  Ain  Sefra,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

48  Ghardala,  April— May  1911-1914,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  C.  H.,  and  Dr. 
Nissen. 

6  Biskra,  Staudinger. 

1  Col  de  Sfa,  ex  larva  (larva  April  1908,  emerged  May  8th,  1908),  W.  R. 
and  E.  H. 

14  El  Outaya,  May   1911,  Faroult. 
244  El  Kantara,  May— July   1911,  Cheli  Brahim. 
12  Environs  de  Batna,  Nelva. 

The  Tring  series  thus  amounts  to  327  specimens.  The  British  Museum 
as   1  Hammam-es-Salahin  ex  larva,  Lord  Walsirgham. 


NOVlTATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     19!  7.  §9 

Miss  Fountaine  records  a  single  specimen  from  Sebdou,  June  1904. 
Mr.  Blachier  records  a  specimen  from  Immentala,  Morocco. 
Mr.   Joannis  records   this   species   from   Oued   Kadamellet,   north   of   Air, 
September   1905,  M.  R.  Chudeau. 

19.  Teracohis  Uagore  (Klug). 

PorUia  Uagore  Klug,  Symh.  Phijs.  fol.  g.  p.  I.  pi.  ri.  ff.  5-8  (1829)  (Ambukohl). 

This  insect  is  recorded  by  M.  de  Joannis,  Brdl.  Soc.  Entom.  France  1908, 
p.  82,  as  having  been  collected  by  M.  R.  Chudeau,  Oued  Kadamellet,  north 
of  Air,  September  1905. 

20.  Teracolus  chrysonome  (Klug). 

Poraia  chrysonome  Klug,  Symh.  Phys.  fol.  g,  p.  2.  No.  0.  pi.  vii.  f=E.  9-11  (1829)  (Ambukohl). 

In  the  Ann.  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.  (8),  xvi.  p.  247.  No.  3  (1915)  I  quite  correctly 
enumerated  Herr  G.  von  Schwoppenburg's  four  Ideles  specunens  as  Teracolus 
hdvolus  But!.  Professor  Aurivillius  in  Seitz  places  helvolus,  however,  as  the 
dry-season  form  of  chrysonome,  and  I  believe  he  is  right,  and  that  in  absolute 
desert  areas  like  Somaliland  and  the  Hoggar  Mountains  the  wet-season  form 
chrysonome  does   not  occur. 

In  the  Ideles  specimens  the  mauve  bands  and  spots  are  not  quite  so  much 
obliterated  as  in  5  <J(^  I  have  from  JubUando,  British  East  Africa,  but  they 
are  not  at  all  golden  yellow  with  bright  mauve  bands  as  in  typical  chrysonome 
collected  by  my  brother  N.  Charles  Rothschild  at  Shendi,  and  which  I  have 
also  from  Suakim  and  the  Nandi  country  in   British  East  Africa. 

4  Ideles,  Hoggar  Mountains,  March  1914,  Geyr  von  Schweppenburg. 

This^  species  should  stand  thus : 

Teracolus  chrysonome   (Klug). 
gen.  vern.  chrysonome  Klug. 
gen.  aest.  helvolus  Butl. 

These  four  specimens  in  the  Tring  Museum  are,  I  believe,  the  only  known 
Mauretanian  examples  of  thLs  species,  except  those  recorded  by  Joannis  as 
collected  by  M.  R.  Chudeau,  viz.  Oued  Tessamak,  Adrar,  June  1905;  Oued 
Tidek  and  Oued  Kadamellet,   north  of  Air,   September   1905. 

21.  Colias  hyale  (Linn.). 
Papilio  hyale  Liuuaeua,  Syst.  Nat.  I.  p.  469.  No.  71  (1758)  (Europe,  Africa). 

I  have  never  seen  any  Mauretanian  hyale  ;  in  fact  I  have  never  seen  true 
hyale  from  any  part  of  Africa  ;  the  subspecies  hyale  marnoana  Rogenh.,  how- 
over,  occurs  in  Abyssinia  and  the  Soudan.  Mr.  Oberthiir,  when  he  says  that 
hyale  as  we  understand  it  to-day  is  not  the  hyale  of  Linnaeus,  quotes  the  twelfth 
edition  of  the  8y sterna  Naturae,  in  which  is  added  the  habitat  "  America  Septen- 
trionali."  In  the  tenth  edition  only  Europe  and  Africa  are  given,  and  the 
quotation  of  the  Fauna  Svecica  is  not  included  ;  I  therefore  think,  despite  the 
discrepancies  of  the  diagnosis,  we  can  quite  conscientiouslj-  assume  that  wo 
are  applying  Linnaeus'  name  hyale  to  the  butterfly  he  gave  it  to  in  his  tenth 
edition. 


90  NOVJTATES    ZOOLOGICAE   XXIV.     1917. 

22.  Colias  electo  croceus  (Geoff.). 

Papilio  croceus  Geoffioy  Fourcroy's  Eniom.  Par.  vol.  ii.  p.  250  (1785)  (Paris). 

Although  this  iasect  was  .seen  by  us  practically  everywhere  we  went,  it 
was  never  very  abundant. 

8  Mazagan,  Morocco,  April— July   1900-19(12,  W.  Riggenbach. 

2  Truchan,  Morocco,  May  1904,  W.  Riggenbach. 

3  Tamarouth,  Morocco,  June   1904,  W.  Riggenbach. 

7  Ouled  Farsh,   Morocco,  June    1901,   W.   Riggenbach. 
1  Fenson,  Morocco,  May  1903,  W.  Riggenbach. 

1  Cap  Blanco,  Morocco,  May  1902,  W.  Riggenbach.  x 

11  Mogador,  Morocco,   Staudinger. 

2  Zoudj-el-Beghal,  Morocco,  July  1914,  Faroult. 

4  Ain  Sefra,  May— July  1913-1915,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.  and  Faroult.x 

1  Djebel  Mekter,  Ain  Sefra,  May  1913,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

8  Masser  JMines,  May  1914,  Faroult.x 

2  Tlemcen,  April  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.x 

3  Saida,  May   1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

3  Tifrit,  near  Saida,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.x 

12  Titen  Yaya,  May   1915,  Rotrou. 

2  Ras  Cliergui,   May    1915,  Faroult. 

3  Oran,  April  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.x 

15  Envhons  d'Alger,   March— June   1908-1912,   W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J., 
Dr.  Nissen  and  Captain  Holl.x 

1  Yakouren,  Kabylie,  June   1906,  Dr.  Nissen. 

2  Taourirt-Ighil,  Kabylie,   June   1906,  Dr.  Nissen. 

4  Leila  Ki'edidja,  Kabylie,  July   1907,  Dr.  Nissen. 
2  Pic  Abd-el-Kader,  July  1905,  Dr.  Nissen. x 

7  Blida  les  Glaciert;-,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J.x 
25  Hainmam  R'ihra.  April— May  1908-1913,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J.,  and 
August — September   1916,  Farouh.x 

18  Guelt-es-Stel,  AprU  1912-1913,  W.  R.  and  K.  J.,  Faroult.x 

1  Foiet  de  Djelfa,  June  1913,  Faroult.x 
4  Djelfa.  June  1913,  Faroult.x 

2  Laghouat,  April  1911,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
1  Bou  Saada,  May   1911,  Faroult. 

6  Ouargla,  June  1914,  Geyr  von  Schweppenburg.x 
1  Oued  Mya,  April  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

1  Bled-et-Amar,  March   1912,  E.   H.  and  C.  H. 

2  Touggourt,  February   1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

2  Bordj  Chegga,  Fibruary   1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 
20  Biskra,  March  1908-1914,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

2  El  Outaya,  March— August  1910-1911,  Faroult. 
23  El  Kantara,   March— June    1909-1911,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.,  Faroult,  and 
Cheli  Brahim.x 

4  Khenchela,  May   1912,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
14  Environs  de  Batna,  April  1908-1914,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  Nelva. 

2  Oued  Hamidou,   June   1912,   Faroult. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1017.  Q\ 

4  Hanimam  Meskoutine,  May  1914,  W.  R.  and  K.  J.x 

1  Ain  Draham,  Tunisia,  June  1909,  Faroult.x 

6  Environs  de  Tunis,  August — September   1915,  E.   Blanc. 

The  X  after  the  collector's  name  denotes  that  one  or  more  specimens  belong 
to  the  ?  forma  helice.  I  have  never  seen  nor  do  I  possess  a  single  Jlauretanian 
example  of  the  §  forma  helicina  Oberth.  ( =  intermediate  ?  form  between  helice 
and  normal  ?),  and  considering  the  large  series  I  have  from  jVIauretania,  the 
number  of  pale  yellow  SS  (3)  is  very  small. 

The  British  Museum  has  the  following  specimens  from  Mauretania  :  7 
Meade- Waldo  ;  2  Tangier  and  2  Mogador,  January  1881,  Leech  coll. ;  2  Biskra, 
May   1882,  H.  J.  Elwes  ;    2  Philippeville,  May   1882,  H.  J.  Elwes. 

Mr.  Meade- Waldo  in  his  article  quotes  Tangier,  December — January ; 
Interior,  May — June.  The  Tring  series  from  Mauretania  consists  of  243  speci- 
mens. 

23.  Gonepteryx  rhamni  meridionalis  Rober. 

Gonepteryx  rhamni  meridionalis  Rober  in  Stitz  Grossschmett.  der  Erde,  vol.  i.  p.  67  (1907)  (Algeria 
and  S.  Asia  Minor). 

Mr.  Charles  Oberthiir  states  that  two  subspecies  of  this  insect  occur  in 
Algeria,  the  large  meridionalis  and  a  small  form  indistinguishable  from  typical 
rJiamni,  and  he  records  two  such  small  specimens  m  his  collection  taken  at  Alger 
by  the  late  Lieutenant  Mathieu.  Now  Gonepteryx  rhamni  is  very  rare  indeed 
in  Algeria,  and  almost  as  rare  in  Tunisia  and  Morocco,  so,  as  Mr.  Oberthiir  truly 
remarks,  we  require  much  fuller  material  before  deciding  finally  on  this  question; 
but  I  would  like  to  pouit  out  that  rhamni  meridionalis  could  under  any  circum- 
stance only  be  treated  as  a  subspecies  or  local  race,  and  we  frequently  find  that 
among  such  local  races  individuals  appear  sporadically  which  are  indistinguish- 
able from  the  type,  although  75  per  cent,  or  more  of  the  individuals  exhibit  all 
the  distinguishing  characters  of  the  local  race.  This  being  the  case,  I  do  not 
consider  these  small  Algerian  rham,ni,  of  which  I  have  two  from  Batna,  at  all 
invalidate  the  subspecific  value  of  the  race  rhamni  meridionalis.  South  Portu- 
guese specimens  (Monchique,  Dr.  K.  Jordan)  are  not  meridionalis. 

3  Environs  d'Alger,  March  and  June  1908,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J. 
1  Blida  les  Glacieres,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

1  Hammam  R'ilira,  May  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

4  Batna,  Nelva. 

2  Tunis. 

2  Ain  Draham,  July   1911,  Faroult. 
The  Tring  series  consists  of  13  specimens. 
The  British  Museum  has  2  from  Meade-Waldo. 

Mr.  Meade- Waldo  in  his  article  gives  the  follownig  data  :  Tangier,  March 
1901,  December  1902. 

24.  Gonepteryx  cleopatra  (Linn.). 

Papilio  cieopalra  Linnaeus,  Syst.  Nat.  edit.  xii.  vol.  i.  part  2.  p.  765.  No.  105  (1767)  (Barbaria). 

It  is  very  curious,  as  Mr.  Oberthiir  remarks,  what  a  comparatively  large 
number  of  gynandromorphous  specimens  occur  in  this  species  ;    of  the  three 


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Algerian  ones  in  the  Tring  Museum,  the  one  I  took  near  Alger  myself  has  only 
some  broad  whitish  bands  on  the  right  hindwing,  but  the  Khenchela  specimen 
is  very  remarkable.     The  abdomen  appears  to  be  equally  divided,  left  half  d, 
right  $  ;   there  is  only  one  very  thick  antenna  in  the  middle  of  the  frons  ;    the 
left  pair  of  wings  are  S  with  a  few  patches  of  V  colouring  ;    the  right  pair  of 
wings  are  ?  with  only  three  or  four  very  small  splashes  of  o  coloration. 
83  Masser  Mines,   May   1914,  Faroult. 
20  Nedroma,   May   1914,  Faroult. 
1  Lalla  Marnia,  May   1914,  Faroult. 
3  Sidi-bel-Abbes,  June   1915,  Rotrou. 
10  Titen  Yaya,  March — June  1915,  Rotrou. 
1  Oran,  April  1913,  W.  R.  ard  E.  H. 
1  Santa  Cruz,  Oran,  February  1906,  Dr.  Nissen. 
44  Environs  d'Alger,  March— June  1908-1913,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J. 
15  Blida  les  Glacieres,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
18  Hammam  R'ihra,  May  1908-1913,  W.  R.,  E.  H,,  and  K.  J. 
14  Guelt-es-Stel,  AprU— May  1913,  Faroult. 

3  Bou  Saada,  May  1911,  Faroult. 
10  El  Kantara,  March— June    1911,  W.   R.  and  E.   H,,  Faroult  and  Cheli 
Brahim. 

1  Khenchela,  June  1911,  Faroult. 

1  Lambessa,  May  1909,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
12  Environs  de  Batna,  Nelva. 

2  Oued  Hamidou,  June   1912,  Faroult. 

23  Hammam  Meskoutine,  May   1909-1914,  W.  R..   E.  H.,  and  K.  J. 
1  Souk  Ahras,  April  1914,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
1  Ain  Draham,  July   1911,  Faroult. 

3  Djebel  Zaccar  above  Miliana,  June   1916,  Faroult. 

10  Envkons  de  Tunis,  April— June  1915-1916,  E.  Blanc. 

Of  these  the  following  are  gynandromorphous : 

1  Environs  d'Alger. 
1  Klienchela. 
1  Ain  Draham. 

The  British  Museum  has  the  following  Mauretanian  examples :  5  Meade- 
Waldo  ;  3  Tangier  and  3  Mogador,  Leech  coll.  ;  1  Tangier,  Druce  coll.  ex  Salvin 
Godman  coll. 

Mr.  Meade- Waldo  gives  the  following  data  in  his  article :  Tangier,  January 
1901  ;  FeduUa,  May  1901  ;  Wad  Moorbey  (rect.  Oum-er-Rebia),  June  1901  ; 
Sould  Jedid,  July  1901. 

Miss  Fountaine  records  this  species  from  Teniet-el-Haad,  June  1904.  The 
Tring  Museum  has  277  Mauretanian  specimens. 

25.  Catopsilia  florella  (Fabr.). 

Papilio  fioreUa  Fabriciua,  Syst.  Entom.  p.  479.  No.  159  (1775)  (Sierra  Leone). 

The  only  Mauretanian  records  I  can  find  of  this  insect  are  by  Mr.  de  Joannis, 
Oued  el  Ghessour  and  Oued  Kadamellet,  September  1905  (north  of  Air),  M.  R. 
Chudeau. 


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26.  Danais  (Limnas)  chrysippus  (Linn.)- 

Papilio  chrysippus  Linnaeus,  Syst.  Nat.  edit.  x.  vol.  i.  p.  471.  No.  81  (1758)  (Egypt,  America  !  !). 

With  the  exception  of  the  record  by  Mr.  Joannis,  Oued  Kadamellet,  Sep- 
tember 1905,  M.  R.  Chudeau,  Dr.  Hartert's  three  specimens  are  the  only 
other  Mauretanian  specimens.  While  Mr.  Chudeau's  is  the  ab.  alcippus  with 
white  hiiidwmgs,  all  three  of  Dr.  Hartert's  are  typical  chrysippus. 

1  north  of  Ain  Guettera,  April  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 
1  Igosten,  In-Salah,  April  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 
1  South  Oued  Mya,  May   1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

27.  Charaxes  jason  (Linn.). 

Papilio  jason  Linnaeus,  Syst.  Nat.  edit.  xii.  part  i.  p.  749.  No.  26  (1767)  (Barbaria). 

1  have  seen  this  insect  alive  in  Algeria  on  two  occasions,  and  both  times 
failed  to  catch  it,  &st  a  cj  near  Alger,  which  we  chased  up  and  down  a  cutting 
for  nearly  half  an  hour,  and  secondly  a  large  9  near  Blida  les  Glacieres.  Dr. 
Hartert  also  saw  one  near  Mustapha.  My  servant  Harmon  Drury  saw  one  of 
these  insects  at  Hammam  R'Oira,  but  missed  it.  Dr.  Nissen  has  several  Alger 
specimens. 

2  Ain  Draham,  Victor  Faroult. 

1  Envnons  d'Alger,  ex.  coll.  Nelva. 

2  Hammam  R'ihra,  August — September   1916,   Faroult. 

In  the  British  Museum  there  is  one  specimen,  Sebdou  1880-1882,  Dr.  Codet 
ex  Elwes  coll. 

28.  Pyrameis  atalanta  (Linn.). 

Papilio  atalanta  Linnaeus,  Syst.  Nat.  edit.  x.  vol.  i.  part  ii.  p.  478.  No.  119  (1758)  (Sweden). 

The  only  time  I  ever  saw  this  insect  in  any  numbers  in  Algeria  was  in  1913, 
in  Mrs.  Beresford's  garden  in  Mustapha  Superior,  Alger.  Two  large  masses 
of  the  creeper  Buddleia  tnadagascariensis  were  in  full  flower,  and  the  "  Red 
Admirals  "  were  in  large  numbers  sucking  honey  from  the  long  spikes  of  orange 
flowers. 

13  Mazagan,  Morocco,  March — December  1900-1902,  W.  Riggenbach. 

2  Oran,  April  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

19  Environs  d'Alger,  March— June  1908-1913,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J. 

1  Blida  les  Glacieres,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

3  Hammam  R'ilira,  AprU— June  1911-1912,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J. 

2  El  Kantara,  June   1911,  Cheli  Brahim. 

1  Constantme,  May   1908,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

1  Hammam  Meskoutine,  May  1914,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

4  Environs  de  Tunis,  March— April   1915,  E.  Blanc. 

Mr.  Gibbs  reports  atalanta  from  Tlemcen,  May  1910. 
There  are  no  specimens  from  Mauretania  in  the  British  Museum. 
Mr.  Meade-Waldo  gives  Tangier,  February — March   1901  ;    Amsmiz,  June 
1901  ;    and  Imentalla,  July   1901,  in  his  Moroccan  article. 


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29.  Pyrameis  cardui  cardui  (Linn.). 

Papilio  cardm  Linnaeus,  Stjst.  Nat.  edit.  x.  part  i.  p.  47.>.  No.  107  (1758)  (Europe,  Africa). 

We  found  this  insect  ever3'where  in  Algeria,  though  one  never  saw  very- 
many  on  the  wing  at  one  time. 

9  Mazagan,  Morocco,  March — June  1900,  W.  Riggenbach. 
2  Seksawa,  Morocco,  April  1905.  W.  Riggenbach. 

1  Ouled  Farsh,  May  1901,  W.  Riggenbach. 

2  Rabat,  Morocco,  1914,  A.  Thery. 
8  Masser  Mines,  May  1914,  Faroult. 

1  Lalla  Marnia,  December  1914,  Faroult. 
7  Ain  Sefra,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
1  Saida,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
1  Tlemcen,  April  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
12  Titan  Yaya,  AprO  1915,  Rotrou. 
5  Oran,  April  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

3  Environs  d' Alger,  March  1908-1912,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J. 

1  Leila  Kredidja,  July  1907,  Dr.  Nissen. 

2  Blida  les  Glacieres,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

11  Hammam  R'ihra,  May  1908-1913,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J. 

4  Guelt-es-Stel,  June — September  1913,  Faroult. 

1  Djelfa,  Jane  1913,  Faroult. 

2  Oued  Nca,  April  1914,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

1  north  of  Ain  Guettera,  April  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 
4  Timassinin,  January  1914,  Geyr  von  Schweppenburg. 

1  Amgid,  February  1914,  Geyr  von  Schweppenburg. 

3  Ain  Tahart,  February  1914,  Geyr  von  Schweppenburg. 

2  Idele.>,  March  1914,  Geyr  von  Schweppenburg. 
1   Ouargla,  June   1914,  Geyr  von  Schweppenburg. 
1  Bordj  Chegga,  February  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

1  Col  de  Sfa,  BMna,  March  1911,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

3  Biskra,  March  1908—1911,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

23  El  Kantara,  M;iy— June  1911,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  Cheli  Brahim. 
3  Envh-ons  de  Batna,  Nelva. 
1  Bordj  Saada,  April  1908,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

The  Mauretanian  series  in  the  Tring  Museum  comprises  118  specimens. 

Mr.  Meade-Waldo  in  his  article  says  he  found  cardui  on  the  wing  all  the 
year  round  everywhere  he  went,  and  that  the  late  autumn  brood  was  very  small 
and  dark.     There  are  no  Mauretanian  cardui  in  the  British  Museum. 

Mr.  de  Joannis  records  Tamangasset,  Hoggar  Moimtains,  August  1905,  M.  R. 
Chudeau. 

30.  Vanessa  polychloros  erythromelas  Aust. 

Vanessa  polychloros  var.  erylliromelas  Au.staut,  Le  Naiuraliate,  vol.  vii.  p.  142  (1885)  (Sebdou). 

In  the  drawer  in  which  is  contained  folychloros  and  the  Mauretanian  form 
erythromelas  in  the  British  Museum  is  a  note  in  Mr.  H.  J.  Elwes'  handwriting 
saying   he  cannot  acknowledge  the  validity  of  Austant's  name  as  he  cannot 


^fOV^TATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  95 

make  out  any  differences.  If  Mr.  Elwes  placed  my  two  drawers  of  erythromelas 
next  to  a  drawer  full  of  typical  polychloros  he  would  at  first  sight  consider  them 
more  distinct  from  polychloros  than  is  xanthomelas ,  which  everyone  acknowledges 
is  a  distinct  species,  for  the  deep  fulvous  red  colour  in  erythromelas  is  in  striking 
contrast  to  the  often  dirty  fulvous  yellow  of  polychloros. 

As,  however,  occasional  yellower  specimens  occur  in  Mauretania  (about  1 
in  350  specimens),  we  cannot  treat  erythromelas  as  anything  but  a  very  distinct 
subspecies  =  local  race.  We  never  found  this  insect  very  plentiful  anywhere 
ill  a  perfect  state,  though  the  larvae  here  and  there  were  very  abundant,  and 
in  consequence  there  are  only  7  in  the  Tring  Museum  captured  by  ourselves. 

1  Fenson,  Morocco,  April  1903,  W.  Riggenbach. 
1  Sebdou,  June  1888,  Austant  (type  of  erythromelas). 
1  Magenta,  Prov.  Oran,  June  1915,  Rotrou. 

6  Environs  d'Alger,  May— June  1911-1912,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J.,  and 
Captain  Holl. 

3  Blida  les  Glacieres,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
1  Hammam  R'ihra,  May  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

194  Environs  de  Batna,  Nelva  and  Taillefer. 

4  Khenchela,  July  1911,  Faroult. 

1  El  Kantara,  March  1911,  Madame  Faroult. 

1  Djebel  Taya,  February  1911,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
16  Grand  Kabylie,  July  1909,  Dr.  Nissen. 

4  Leila  Kredidja,  August  1907,  Dr.  Nissen. 

1  Ain  Draham,  Tunisia,  July  1911,  Faroult. 

4  Djebel  Zaccar,  above  Miliana,  June  1916,  Faroult. 

The  Tring  series  comprises  238  specimens. 

The  El  Kantara  specimen,  which  I  saw  alive  directly  after  Madame  Faroult 
caught  it  at  the  foot  of  the  Djebel  Metlili,  is,  I  believe,  the  most  southern  speci- 
men hitherto  captured. 

The  British  Museum  has  2  Mauretania,  Grum-Grshimailo  coll.  ex  Elwea 
coll.  ;    1  Alger,  Lieutenant  Mathieu  ex  Elwes  coll. 


31.  Polygonia  c.  album  (Linn.). 

Papilio  c.  album  Linnaeus,  Syst.  Nat.  edit.  x.  vol.  i.  p.  477.  No.  115  (1758)  (Sweden). 

We  have  only  seen  this  insect  once  in  Algeria ;  and  although  Dr.  Nissan 
maintains  that  it  is  fairly  common  round  Alger,  I  feel  sure  it  is  not  nearly  as 
common  as  it  has  been  considered  to  be,  or  else  Mr.  Oberthiir  and  I  would  have 
been  able  to  have  procured  more  than  fourteen  specimens  between  us  in  forty 
years. 

1  Environs  d'Alger,  March  1912,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

2  Djebel  Zaccar  above  Miliana,  July — August  1916,  Faroult. 
1  Hammam  R'ihra,  May  J  916,  Faroult. 

1  Ain  Draham,  Tunisia,  Faroult. 

There  are  no  specimens  of  this  species  in  the  British  Museum  from  Maure- 
tania. Mr.  Meade- Waldo  in  his  article  records  it  as  follows :  Tizi  Gourza, 
July  1901. 


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32.  Polygonia  egea  (Cram.) 

Papilio  egea  Cramer,  Pap.  Erot.  vol.  i.  part  vii.  p.  124.  pi.  Ixxviii.  ff.  0.  D.  (1775)  (Constantinople, 

Smyrna). 

Thi.s  insect  also  must  be  cxtraordmarily  scarce  in  Mauretania,  for  1  have 
heard  of  no  others  except  Mr.  Oberthiir's  single  specimen  and  my  own  two. 

1  Hussein  Day,  Alger,  Captain  HoU. 

I  Fenson,  Morocco,  April  1903,  W.  Riggenbach. 

Captain  Holl  sold  the  Hussem  Dey  example  to  me  as  c.  album,  and  it  was 
only  when  I  was  writing  this  article  that  I  found  out  it  was  an  egea. 


33.  Argymiis  maja  seitzi  Fruhst. 

Argynnis  maja  seUzi  Fruhstorfer,  Inlern.  ErUom.  Zeitsclir.  Guben,  vol.  ii.  p.  69  (1908)  (Alger  !  !  !). 

I  feel  sure  Fruhstorfer's  type  locality  rests  on  an  error,  for  I  have  no  know- 
ledge of  maja  seitzi  havmg  been  taken  nearer  to  Alger  than  Blida,  Hammam 
R'ihra,  and  the  Kabylie  (Dr.  Seitz  states  positively  in  Grossschm.  der  Erde,  vol.  i. 
that  the  type  specimens  were  taken  by  himself  in  the  Aures  Mountains). 

We  have  only  taken  two  specimens  ourselves  ;  of  these  the  Hammam 
R'ihra  individual  was  taken  by  our  taxidermist,  Carl  Hilgert. 

1  Mazagan,  Morocco,  May  1902,  W.  Riggenbach. 
1  Cap  Blanco,  Morocco,  May  1902,  W.  Riggenbach. 

4  Tamarouth,  Morocco,  June  1904,  W.  Riggenbach. 
15  Zoudj-el-Beghal,  Morocco,  July   1914,  Faroult. 

21  Masser  Mines,  June  1914,  Faroult. 
3  Titen  Yaya,  June  1915,  Rotrou. 
1  Magenta,  June  1915,  Rotrou. 
1  Sidi-bel-Abbeii,  June  1915,  Rotrou. 
12  LeUa  Kredidja,  Kabylie,  July  1906-1907,  Dr.  Nissen. 
7  Blida    les   Glacieres,   June— August    1906-1912,   W.   R.   and  K.   J.,  Dr. 
Nissen  and  Captain  Holl. 

1  Hammam  R'ihra,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
3  Teniet-el-Haad,  June— July  1905,  Dr.  Nissen. 

5  Guelt-es-Stel,  July  1913,  Faroult. 
3  Khenchela,  July  1911,  Faroult. 

2  Djebel  Zacoar,  above  Miliana,  June  1916,  Faroult. 

The  Tring  series  numbers  88  uadividuals.  The  five  labelled  by  Faroult 
Guelt-es-Stel,  July  1913,  did  not,  I  feel  sure,  come  actually  from  Guelt-es-Stel; 
from  what  I  know  of  his  movements  between  May  and  August  1913,  they  must 
have  been  taken  somewhere  considerably  to  the  south-east  of  Guelt-es-Stel. 
nearer  the  Foret  de  Djelfa. 

The  British  Museum  has  no  specimens  of  maja  seitzi. 

Mr.  Meade- Waldo  gives  in  his  article  Sould  Jedid,  July  1901,  and  Tizi 
Gourza,  July  1901,  and  he  remarks  that  in  the  north  of  Morocco  he  only  saw 
two  worn  specimens,  while  in  the  High  Atlas  it  was  abundant. 

Miss  Fountaine  records  this  species  from  Teniet-el-Haad,  June  1904,  and 
Sebdou,  June  and  July  1904. 


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Mr.  Gibbs  records  it  from  Oran,  May  1910,  and  Tlemcen,  May  1910. 

The  specimens  of  Captain  Holl  are  labelled  Environs  d' Alger,  but  Blida  lea 
Glacieres  was  formerly  included  by  him  in  that  term  ;  though  he  later  specified 
the  actual  places  when  he  found  it  advantageous  to  do  so. 

34.  Argymiis  paphia  dives  Oberth. 

Argynnis  paphia  var.  dives  Oberthiir,  Bull.  Soc.  Entom.  France,  p.  26  (1908)  (Kabylie,  Yakouren). 

We  have  not  found  this  species  ourselves,  as  we  never  remained  in  Algeria 
late  enough,  for  it  is  not  on  the  wing  before  the  end  of  June  at  the  earliest. 
11  Leila  Kredidja,  July  1907,  Dr.  Nissen. 
13  Environs  de  Batna,  Nelva. 
2  Lambessa,  July  1912,  Nelva. 

Of  these  26  specimens  in  the  Tring  Museum,  1  S  from  Batna  and  1  ?  from 
Leila  Kjedidja  have  silver  stripes  on  the  underside  of  the  hmdwing  { =  ab. 
argyrea  Oberth.). 

No  specimens  of  •paphia  dives  are  in  the  British  Museum. 

35.  Argynnis  auresiana  Fruhst. 

Argynnis  adippe  auresiana  Fruhstorfer,    Intern.  Entom.    Zeitschr.    Ouben,  vol.   ii.    p.   69   (1908) 
(Aur&  Mountains). 

This  also  flies  much  later  in  the  year  than  we  ever  stayed  in  Algeria,  so 
that  Tring  Museum  has  none  of  our  own  collectmg.  There  appear  to  be  no 
differences  perceivable  between  specimens  from  the  Kabylie  Mountains  and 
those  from  the  Aures  Mountains. 

Ml-.  Charles  Oberthiir  considers  auresiana  a  good  distinct  species  and  cites 
Dr.  Reverdin  as  witness  ;  the  latter  having  compared  the  <J  genitalia  and 
found  them  very  distinct  from  adippe.  I  think  under  the  circumstances  it  is 
advisable  to  accept  this  viev, ,  until  Dr.  Jordan  can  confirm  or  disprove  it  by 
the  examination  of  a  number  of  specimens  of  both. 

11  Leila  Kredidja,  Kabylie,  July  1907,  Dr.  Nissen. 

95  Environs  de  Lambezc,  June  1912-1914,  Nelva. 

:i6.  Argynnis  lathonia  (Linn.). 

Papilio  lathonia  Linnaeus,  Syst.  Nat.  vol.  i.  p.  481.  No.  141  (1758)  (Europe). 

We  only  once  found  this  insect  at  Mustapha  Superior,  when  Dr.  Hartert 
caught  a  fine  specimen  with  his  hat.  This  is  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  the 
insect  is  never  out  in  its  full  numbers  till  later  in  the  year  than  we  have  been 
in  Algeria  ;  but  it  is  strange  that  I  have  only  received  three  other  specimens 
during  the  last  nine  years. 

1  Zoudj-el-Beghal,  Morocco,  July  1914,  Faroult. 

1  Titen  Yaya,  June  1915,  Rotrou. 

1  Envnons  d'Alger,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

1  Djelfa,  June  1913,  Faroult. 

The  British  Museum  has  2  Algerian  specimens  ;  1  Lambessa,  May  1882, 
H.  J.  Elwes  ;   1  Alger,  Leech  coll. 

Mr.  Meade- Waldo  in  his  article  records  Sould  Jedid  and  Tsauritz  Entsa- 
gauz,  July  1901. 

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37.  Melitaea  desiontainii  desJontainii  (Godart). 

Argynnis  desfontainii  Godart,  Enctjd.    Method.  Hist.  Nat.   Entoni.  vol.  ix.  p.  278.  No.  46  (1819) 
(Barbarie). 

This  insect  I  do  not  possess,  there  being  in  the  Tring  Museum  only  a  series 
of  desfontainii  boetica  taken  by  Dr.  Jordan  in  Portugal.  In  the  British  Museum 
are  3  specimens:  1  Sebdou,  1880-1882,  Dr.  Codet  ex  Elwes  coll.;  2  Algeria, 
Crowley  bequest.  I  have  3  labelled  desfontainii  from  my  brother's  former 
collection,  but  I  do  not  know  what  they  are  as  they  are  without  locality,  and 
instead  of  being  redder  than  boetica  are  much  duller. 

38.  Melitaea  cinxia  (Linn.). 

Papilio  cinxia  Linnaeus,  Si/st.  Nat.  vol.  i.  p.  480.  No.  137  (1758)  (Sweden). 

We  never  came  across  this  insect,  and  I  know  of  no  other  Mauretanian 
specimens  except  the  two  taken  by  Harold  Powell. 

39.  Melitaea  dejone  nitida  Oberth. 

Melitaea  dejone  forma  nitida  Oberthiir,  Etud.  Lepid.  Comp.  Fasc.   III.  p.  254  (1909)   (Tlemcen, 
Sebdou). 

Of  this  in.sect  I  have  no  specimens  and  there  are  none  in  the  British  Museum. 
When  we  were  at  Tlemcen  we  visited  the  Waterfall  more  than  once,  but  being 
the  month  of  April  we  were  too  early  for  dejone  nitida. 

40.  Melitaea  aetherie  algirica  Riihl. 

Mditaea  aetherie  var.  algirica  Riihl,  Pataearkt.  Grossschm.  p.  389  (1892-1895)  (Algeria). 

We  have  taken  this  species  in  various  places  and  have  a  fairly  large  series 
at  Tring,  but  the  ?  form  which  is  all  rufous  like  the  ^  is  much  rarer  than  the 
parti-coloured  ?.     The  Tring  series  consists  of  157  specimers, 
10  Masser  Mines,  May — June  1914,  Faroidt. 

1  Saida,  May  1913,  \v.  R.  and  E.  H. 

2  Tifrit,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

14  Hammam    R'ihra,    Maj — August    1913-1916,    W,    R.    and    E.    H.    and 
Faroult. 

1  Berrouaghia,  April  1914,  Faroult. 
73  Khenchela,  May— June  1911-1912,  W.  R.  and  K.  J.  and  Faroult. 
55  Batna,  Nelva. 
1  Ain  Taya,  May  1914,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

The  British  Museum  has  7  specimens  of  this  insect  :  2  Lambessa,  April- 
May  1882,  H.  J.  Elwes  ;  4  Lambessa,  June  1885,  L.  Bleuse  ex  Elwes  coll.  ; 
1  Algeria,  Crowley  bequest.  Miss  Fountaine  records  it  from  Teniet-el-Haad,  May 
—June  1904. 

41.  Melitaea  phoebe  punica  Oberth. 

Melitaea  phoebe  var.  punica  Oberthiir,  Etud.  Entom.  Fasc,  I.  p.  25.  pi.  1.  f.  3  (1876)  (Lambfeze). 

I  do  not  consider  we  are  justified  in  considering  this  Algerian  insect  as 
anything  more  than  a  very  well  marked  race  of  phoebe,  unless  the  study  of  the 


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genitalia  of  a  large  series  of  examples  should  hereafter  show  it  to  be  worthy  of 
specific  rank.  We  found  it  much  rarer  at  Khcnchela  than  aetheriae  algirica,  and 
in  the  west  of  Algeria  it  seems  to  become  still  rarer.  We  have  at  Tring  61 
specimens. 

2  Masser  Mines,  May  1914,  Faroult. 

1  Titen  Yaya,  May  1915,  Rotron. 

1  Bou  Cedraia,  May  1913,  Faroult. 

1  Berrouaghia,  April  !  !  !   1914,  Faroult. 
17  Khenchela,  May— June  1911-1912,  W.  E.,  K.  J.,  and  Faroult. 
39  Batna,  Nelva. 

The  specimen  from  Faroult  from  Berrouaghia  may  be  an  early  freak,  but 
I  expect  it  was  a  Khenchela  one  dragged  about  and  finally  put  in  by  mistake. 

The  British  Museum  possesses  12  specimens  :  6  Lambessa,  May  1882, 
H.  J.  Elwes  ;  4  Lambessa,  June  1885,  L.  Bleuse  ex  Elwes  coll.  ;  2  Algeria,  Leech 
coll. 

There  seems  to  be  little  or  no  variation  in  this  insect. 

41a.  Melitaea  phoebe  leechi  subspec.  nov. 

Differs  from  phoebe  punica  in  being  very  much  larger,  deep  rufous  not 
fulvous  yellow  or  rufous  yellow  as  in  p.  punica,  and  the  black  markings  are 
narrower  and  thinner.  They  are  as  large  almost  as  Chinese  examples  or  the 
largest  European  forms. 

Habitat.  Mogador.  14  specimens  collected  by  J.  H.  Leech  in  the  British 
Museum  ex  Leech  coll.,  Salvin  Godman  coll.,  and  Elwes  coll. 

These  are  all  the  specimens  recorded  so  far  as  I  know. 

[Melitaea  didyma  Ochs. 

This  is  the  most  variable  butterfly  almost  that  exists,  and  is  certainly  the 
most  widely  spread  Melitaea,  extending  as  it  does  from  Portugal,  Spain,  and 
France  to  the  Pacific,  and  from  the  Moroccan  coast  to  Abyssinia,  whUe  from 
north  to  south  it  reaches  in  the  west  from  Germany  to  the  Central  Sahara, 
and  in  the  east  from  North-east  Siberia  to  South  China.  It  is  not  only  variable 
individually,  but  splits  up  into  an  unusually  large  number  of  local  races,  and 
it  is  often  difficult  to  define  what  is  individual  and  what  is  local  variation. 

It  is  in  insects  such  as  this  that,  once  more,  it  is  apparent  that  for  adequate 
study  of  species  and  subspecies  of  living  creatures  it  is  almost  impossible  to 
have  too  large  a  series  of  specimens,  not  onlj'  in  regard  to  localities,  but  also 
from  each  individual  locality. 

In  1876,  when  describing  for  the  first  time  didyma  deserticola  as  an  aberration, 
Mr.  Oberthiir  cites  didyma  didyma  as  occurring  in  PhOippevUIe,  Oran,  Collo, 
etc.,  in  examples  similar  to  Pyrenean  examples,  whUe  from  Ain  Khala  he  had  a 
very  distinct  9  all  fiery  red.  In  1909  Mr.  Charles  Oberthiir  designated  tht- 
Spanish  and  Algerian  didyma  as  forma  mauretanica,  stating  that  Staudinger's 
names  occidentalis  and  meridionalis  had  been  applied  each  to  such  a  conglomera- 
tion of  local  races  that  they  could  not  stand,  and  a  new  nomenclature  was  required, 
in  order  that  a  name  could  be  applied  to  each  well-characterised  ASIATIC 
SACE. 


100  NOVJTATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1U17. 

Now,  the  names  occidentalis  and  meridionalis  were  given  by  Staudinger  in 
his  Catalog  der  Lepidopleren  Europas,  p.  8.  No.  198.  vars.  b.  and  c.  1861.  M.  d. 
occidentalis  was  given  to  Hiibner"s  figures  869-7U  [cinxi^i)  and  Henich  Schaeffer's 
fig.  133  {didyma  var.)  and  figs.  324-7  (trivia  var.).  The  latter,  fi.  324-7,  are 
definitely  stated  by  their  author  to  have  come  from  Mount  Ararat,  while  his 
No.  131  called  by  Staudinger  under  var.  d.  ^' dalmatina  (araratica)"  has  no 
locality  given  to  it  by  the  author  ;  from  the  name  given  to  H  rrich  Schaeffer's 
No.  131,  viz.  '' dalmatina  {araratica),"  it  is  evident  that  Staudiiiger  inverted 
the  numbers  by  mistake,  and  that  he  really  meant  to  call  Herrich  Schaeffer's 
ff.  324-7  "  var.  dalmatina  (araratica)"  while  intending  to  place  that  author's 
f.   131  under  occidentalis. 

As,  however,  Hiibner's  ft'.  869-70  stand  fii'st,  we  must  accept  these  ff.  as 
the  type  of  Staudinger's  occidentalis,  and  as  they  evidently  represent  a  Spanish 
didyma,  the  name  must  stand  for  the  Spanish  form.  Staudinger  gives  as  the 
habitat  of  his  meridionalis  Sicily  and  Turkey,  and  quotes  no  previous  author. 
As  Sicily  stands  first,  it  is  obvious  that  that  is  the  type  locality,  and  that 
meridionalis  will  have  to  stand  for  the  Sicilian  form. 

This  rules  out  Oberthiir's  contention  that  both  these  names  must  be  rejected, 
and  moreover  fixes  the  localities  of  the  types.  It  does  not,  however,  finally 
end  our  diflSculties,  for  there  appear  to  be  at  least  five  if  not  six  distinct  local 
races  in  Algeria  which  have  all  very  well  defined  areas  of  distribution  except 
interposita  Rothsch.,  which  appears  to  be  found  in  a  number  of  more  or  less 
isolated  places  in  many  Mauretanian  districts  surrounded  by  other  forms.  This 
would  pomt  to  its  being  an  ABEREATION  only,  but  it  is  constant  in  these 
isolated  localities,  so  it  would  appear  that  didyma  is  a  species  very  rapidly  affected 
by  local  conditions,  and  that  wherever  the  local  factors  which  cause  evolu- 
tionary activity  are  of  the  kind  aecessarj'  to  produce  interposita,  there  that 
form  appears,  and  becomes  fixed  though  it  may  be  only  in  a  small  area  com- 
pletely surrounded  by  territorj"  inhabited  by  otlier  local  races.  Unfortunatclj' 
I  have  no  Spanish  didyma  for  comparison,  only  Pyrenean  examples,  but  Hiibner's 
figure  shows  a  very  brilliant  red  insect  with  rather  small  spots  and  of  a  large 
size.  Moreover,  it  has  pointed,  extended  forewings  not  rounded  at  the  apices 
as  in  Algerian  specimens.  I  have  sho^vn  that  this  Spanish  race  must  be  called 
occidentalis  Stdgr.,  therefore  the  name  mauretanica  Oberth.  can  only  by  applied 
to  Mauretanian  examples  ;  but  here  we  are  again  met  by  a  difficulty,  for  the 
Moroccan  specimens  collected  by  Mr.  Meade-Waldo  are  not,  as  stated  by  Mr. 
Elwes,  didyma  deserticokt,  but  belong  to  my  interposita,  while  the  West  Algerian 
specimens  generally  belong  to  Mr.  Oberthiir's  mauretanica,  and  the  extreme 
East  Algerian  and  West  Tunisian  specimens  belong  to  another  race  which  is 
much   smaller,  and  which  I  described  as  didyma    nisseni  (type  Ain    Draham). 

The  specimens  from  the  Northern  Atlas  Range  in  the  Province  of  Oran 
(Sebdou),  the  Kabylie  (Djurjura),  and  the  Aures  Mountains  all  belong  to  my 
interposita  (type  Batna),  and  which  very  often  so  closely  approximate  to  didyma 
deserticola  Oberth.  (type  Biskra)  that  it  is  hard  to  distinguish  them  on  the 
upper  side  ;  below,  the  heavier  black  markings  of  deserticola  are  at  once  apparent . 
The  form  harterti  from  the  Central  Sahara  is  so  distinct  as  to  be  at  once  dk- 
tinguishable  from  deserticola  above  and  below,  and  is  unlike  any  other  Jlaurc- 
tanuin  form. 

As  stated  before,  in  1876   3L-.  Oberthiir  declared  a  series  of  PhUippeville 


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specimens  to  be  identical  with  Pyrenean  individuals,  while  he  remarks  that 
his  Ain  Khala  $  was  quite  unlike  the  dull  olive  Pj'renean  ??  in  being  bright  red. 
I  unfortunately  do  not  possess  Philippeville  specimens,  but  I  can  say  that  out 
of  the  464  Algerian  didyma  (of  five  races)  I  possess,  146  are  ??,  and  that  in  all 
cases  they  are  either  red  or  sandy-yellow,  according  to  the  subspecies,  like  the  <?<?. 
They  only  differ  in  being  generally  slightly  paler.  The  Pyrenean  ??,  on  the 
other  hand,  vary  from  slate-grey  suffused  with  rufous  on  costal  half  of  hindwing, 
to  deep  olivaceous  slate  colour  suffused  with  gallstone  yellow,  and  with  rufous 
hindwings  ;  while  Sicilian  ?$  (meridionalis)  vary  from  mouse-grey  with  rufous 
Ixindwings,  to  sandy  rufous,  the  forewing  slightly  washed  with  olive.  Algerian 
cJc?,  both  of  the  western  manreinnica  form  and  the  eastern  nisseni  form,  have 
the  rufous  colouring  less  brilliant  and  more  of  a  sandy  tone  than  either  Spanish 
occidentalis,  Sicilian  meridiomilis,  or  Pyrenean  examples  of  didyma.'] 

42.    Melitaea  didyma  mauretanica  Oberth. 

Mditaea  didyma  forma  mauretanica  Obertliiir,  Etud.  Lipiil.  Comp.  Fasc.  III.  p.  243  (1909)  (Algeria, 
Spain). 

This  form  differs  from  my  nisseni  in  its  larger  size,  and  in  the  postmedian 
rufous  band  on  the  underside  of  the  hindwing  being  farther  away  from  the 
antimedian  band.     The  Tring  series  numbers  153  specimens. 

3  Hammam  R'ihra,  August  1915.  Faroult. 
145  JLisser  Mines,  June  1914,  Faroult. 

1  Tlemcen,  April  1914,  W.  P.  and  E.  H. 

2  Titon  Yaya,  May  1915,  Rotrou. 

2  ?  (labelled  Bou  Saada,  May  1912,  Faroult,  but  evidently  not  from  there). 

Miss  Fountaine  gives  Teniet-el-Haad,  June   1904. 

42a.   Melitaea  didyma  nisseni  Rothsch. 

Mditaea  didyma  ni.sse7ii  Rothschild,  Novit.  Zool.  vol.  xx.  p.  115  (1913)  (Ain  Draham). 
149  Am  Draham,  July — August   1911,  Faroult. 

426.  Melitaea  didyma  interposita  Rothsch. 

Melitaea  didyma  interposita  Rothschild,  Novit.  Zool.  vol.  xx.  p.  115  (1913)  (Batna). 

This  race  of  didyma  is  not  only  remarkable  from  its  iiregular  and  widely 
separated  areas  of  occurrence  ;  but  also  for  its  subspecific  characters  !  For 
while  the  cJcJ  resemble  more  nearly  d.  mauretanica  and  never  approach  very 
close  to  d.  deserticola,  the  ??  are  much  nearer  to  d.  deserticola,  some  being  so 
close  to  the  latter  on  the  upper  surface  that  should  the  locality  ticket  be  absent, 
only  the  examination  of  the  underside  can  determine  which  are  which. 

16  Environs  de  Batna,  Nelva. 

3  Lambessa,  June   1912,  Nelva. 

4  Oued  Hamidou,  June  1912,  Faroult. 

The  Tring  series  comprises  23  individuals.  The  British  Museum  possesses 
8:  6  Meade- Waldo  ;  2  Djurjura,  July  1884,  J.  Merkl  ex  Elwes  coll.  Mr- 
Meade- Waldo  in  his  article  gives  the  following  data  :  Rabat,  May  1901 ;  Agurgur, 
July  1901;   Tsauritz  Entsagauz,  July  1901. 

Miss  Fountaine  records  this  form  from  Sebdou,  .June — July   1904. 


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42c.  Melitaea  didyma  deserticola  Oberth. 

Melitaea  didyma  ab.  deserticola  Oberthur,  Etiid.  Entom.  Fasc.  I.  p.  25.  pi.  iii.  f.  1  (1876)  (Biskra). 

The  characteristic  differences  of  d.  deserticola  from  d.  maurelanica  and 
d.  nisseni  are  in  the  large  size  paler  sandy-rufous  colour  above,  with  fewer  though 
larger  black  spots,  and  in  the  mcreased  size  of  the  black  spots  below  and  the 
great  reduction  of  the  yellow  bands  below  on  the  hindwings. 

The  antennae  also  are  very  curious  in  the  Algerian  didyma  ;  m  d.  7naure~ 
lanica  and  d.  nisseni  the  club  of  the  antenna  is  black  above  with  a  small  maroon 
tip  ;  in  interposita  the  tip  is  larger,  more  rufous,  and  this  colour  invades  the 
blade  of  the  club  ;  in  d.  deserticola  and  d.  harterti  the  club  is  entirely  rufous, 
scaled  more  or  less  with  white  or  grey  scales  mostly  at  the  basal  portion. 

1  El  Outaya,  March  1909,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
23  BLskia,  March  1909-1914,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

1  Zaatcha,  40  kilometres  south-west  of  Biskra,  March  1909,  W.  R.  and 
E.  H. 

30  Bordj  Chegga,  65  kilometres  south  of  Biskra,  February  1912,  E.  H.  and 
C.  H. 

The  British  Museum  has  6  specimens  of  this  race:  2  Biskra,  March  1902, 
Mrs.  M.  de  la  B.  Nicholl  ;  4  Bisla-a,  Jlay  1885  and  March  1886,  L.  Bleuse  and 
Lieutenant  Lahaye,  ex  Elwes  coll. 

i2d.  Melitaea  didyma  harterti  Rothsch. 

Melitaea  didyma  harterti  Rothschild,  Sovit.  Zool.  vol.  xx.  p.  115.  No.  13  (1913)  (El  Hadadia). 

This  is  the  most  distinct  form  of  didyma  and  is  unlike  any  other  Melitaea 
in  the  pale  sandy-yellow  ground  colour  which  approximates  to  that  of  M.  acraeina 
Stdgr.  In  fact  2  ??  specinrens  which  have  the  bands  of  black  spots  on  the 
hmdwings  absent  and  much  reduced  on  the  forewings  so  much  resemble  this 
species  that  I  here  name  them  ab.  pseudoacraeina  ab.  nov.  ;  I  also  here  name 
a  ?  specimen,  which  has  the  black  spots  absent  on  the  hindwings  and  the  post- 
median  band  of  black  spots  on  the  forewing  strongly  increased,  ab.  nigrofasciata 
ab.  nov. 

4  S.  Oued  Mya,  April— May  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 
57  El  Hadadra,  May  1912,  "e.  H.  and  C.  H. 

7  north  of  El  Golea,  May  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 
15  Ghardaia,  May  1912-1914.  E.  H.  and  G.  H. 

1  Oued  N9a,  June  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

1  Oued  Segrir,  June  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

I  Sands  of  El  Arich,  June  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

1   65  kilometres  east  of  Ghardaia,  June  1912,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

43.  Satyrus  (Nytha)  ellena  Oberth. 

Satyrus  alcyone  var.  ellena  Oberthiir,  Eliid.  Entom.  Fasc.  XIX.  p.  19.  pi.  vii.  f.  57  (1894)  (B6ne), 

Under  this  insect  in  his  Etitd.  Lipid.  Camp.  Fasc.  III.  pp.  260-261,  Mr. 
Oberthiir  cites  various  statements  by  Fruhstorfer  on  the  subject  of  the  names 
hermione,  alcyone  and  fagi,  and  says  that  he  does  not  propose  to  accept  the  name 
jagi   Scopoli   because   it   is   pre-Liimaean    (Scopoli's   Entomologia   Carniolica   ig 


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dated  1763,  while  Linnaeus  described  hermione  first  Mus.  Lnd.  Ulr.  p.  281.  No. 
99  (1764)  (Portugal),  and  afterwards  Syst.  Nat.  edit.  xii.  vol.  i.  part  ii.  p.  773, 
No.  149  (1767)  (Germany)),  but  I  should  like  to  point  out  that  Mr.  Oberthiir 
is  entirely  mistaken  in  saying  that  Scopoli  is  pre-Linnaean,  for  zoologists  date 
the  commencement  of  zoological  nomenclature  from  Linnaeus'  Systema  Naturae 
editio  X.  1758,  and  not  from  the  editio  xii.  1766-1767. 

However,  this  has  little  bearing,  at  present,  on  the  insect  under  considera- 
tion, for  I  agree  with  Mr.  Oberthiir  that  ellena  is  more  likely  to  be  a  distinct 
species,  and  I  am  treating  it  as  such,  till  the  examination  of  the  genitalia  in 
comparison  with  those  of  hermione  and  alcyone  shall  have  settled  the  question. 

My  Batna  and  Blida  examples  are  considerably  smaller  than  the  Ain  Draham 
ones  as  a  rule,  but  the  Alger  ones  are  intermediate. 

6  Environs  d'Alger,  Captain  Holl. 

7  Blida  les  Glacieres,  August  1906-1912,  Dr.  Nissen  and  Captain  Holl. 
77  Environs  de  Batna,  August  1912-1914,  Nelva. 

1  Aumale,  August  1912,  Faroult. 

3  Ain  Draham,  July  1909-1912,  Faroult. 

The  Tring  series  comprises  94  specimens. 

44.  Satyrus  (Chazara)  briseis  major  Oberth. 

Satyrus  briseis  var.  major  Oberthiir,  Etud.  Entom.  Fasc.  I.  p.  27  (1876)  (Boghari). 

We  never  found  this  insect,  as  it  flies  from  end  of  June  to  October.  In 
fact  the  only  two  species  of  the  larger  Satyridae  we  have  taken  personally  in 
Algeria  are  Satyrus  {Clmzara)  prieuri,  Pierret,  and  Satyrus  (Eumenis)  semele  (Linn.), 
as  all  the  rest  are  on  the  wing  later  than  the  middle  of  June.  It  is  true  that 
S.  abdelkader  latnbessanus  Stdgr.  flies  in  April  and  May,  but  we  have  only  twice 
been  Ln  its  neighbourhood,  and  then  failed  to  see  it. 

50  Environs  de  Batna,  July — August   1908-1914,  Nelva  and  TaLllefer. 

45.  Satyrus  (Chazara)  prienri  Pierret. 

Satyrus  prieuri  Pierret,  Ann.  Soc.  Entom.  Fiance,  vol.  vi.  p.  304  (1837)  (Bougie). 

We  have  taken  this  insect  at  Ain  Sefra  in  May,  but  it  was  only  just  com- 
mencing to  appear.  Mr.  Obsrthiir  in  1909  remarks  that  he  did  not  know  this 
species  to  have  occurred  outside  the  Province  of  Oran,  and  Mr.  Harold  Powell 
only  obtained  it  in  that  province.  Dr.  Nissen  and  Faroult,  however,  found  it 
abundant  at  Guelt-es-Stel.  It  does  not  appear  to  vary  very  much.  The  Trmg 
series  numbers  530  specimens. 

10  Ain  Sefra,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
10  Titen  Yaya,  June  1915,  Rotrou. 
1  Les  Pins,  July  1915,  Rotrou. 
24  Smila,  Oran,  June  1914,  Faroult. 
295  Guelt-es-Stel,  June— August   1913,  Faroult. 
118  Djelfa,  June  1913,  Faroult. 
69  Foret  de  Djelfa,  June  1913,  Faroult. 

The  British  Museum  has  3  from  Meade-Waldo.  Mi-.  Meade-Waldo  gives 
in  his  article  Tizi  Gourza,  July  1901. 

Miss  Fountame  gives  Terney,  near  Tlemcen  and  Sebdou,  July  1904. 


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46.  Satyrus  (Eumenis)  semele  algirica  Oberth. 

StUyrus  semele  var.  algirica  Oberthiir,  Etud.  d'ErUmn.  Fasc.  I.  p.  27  (1876)  (Daya,  etc.). 

This  insect  appears  to  be  extraordinarily  abundant  in  some  localities  in 
Algeria. 

1  Masser  Mines,  May  1914,  Faroult. 

2  Ain  Sefra,  May  1913-1915,  W.  R.  and  E.  H.,  Faroult. 
1  Ras  Chergui,  July  1915,  Faroult. 

7  Saida,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
37  Titen  Yaya,  June  1915,  Rotrou. 

1  Abd-el-Kader,  July   1905,  Dr.  Nissen. 
70  Blida  les  Glacieres,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
370  Guelt-es-Stel,  May— June  1913,  Faroult. 
41  Environs  de  Batna,   1912-1914,  Nelva. 

6  Lambessa,  June  1912,  Nelva. 

The  Tring  series  comprises  535  individuals. 

The  British  Museum  possesses  8  specimens  :  1  Meade-Waldo  ;  2  Algiers, 
Leech  coll.  ;  1  Algeria,  Crowley  bequest ;  1  Lambessa,  June  1885,  L,  Bleuse  ex 
Elwes  coll. 

Mr.  Meade- Waldo  gives  in  his  article :  Imentalla  and  Tsauritz  Entsagauz, 
July  1901. 

47.  Satyrus  (Satyrus)  powelli  Oberth. 

Satyrus  powelli  Oberthiir,  Bull.  Soc.  Eniom.  France,  1910,  p.  333  (Djebel  Amour). 

This  insect  has  hitherto  been  taken  only  in  the  Djebel  Amour  and  at  Guelt- 
es-Stel.  It  varies  much  in  size  :  the  largest  cj  has  the  forewing  27  mm.  in  length 
and  a  total  expanse  of  59  mm.,  and  the  smallest  <J  has  the  forewing  21  mm.  in 
length  and  a  total  expanse  of  46  mm.  The  largest  ?  has  the  forewing  28  mm. 
long  and  a  total  expanse  of  61  mm.,  and  the  smallest  ?  has  the  forewing  23  mm. 
long  with  a  total  expanse  of  49  mm. 

This  species  is  also  variable  in  other  respects  :  in  the  males  above,  the  ocelli 
sometimes  have  a  white  central  dot  and  sometimes  not ;  one  very  small  <^  shows 
no  ocelli  on  the  upper  surface,  and  one  rather  large  cj  has  the  upper  of  the  two 
ocelli  ringed  strongly  with  bufif  as  in  the  ? ;  two  other  <J<J  have  Iboth  ocelli  with 
buffs  rings.  In  the  ??  the  ocelli  vary  much  in  size,  and  I  have  two  with  enor- 
mous black  patches  with  buff  rings  in  place  of  ocelli.  Then  in  the  ?$  the  buff 
rings  vary  also,  and  I  have  one  9  in  which  they  have  spread  so  much  that  the 
outer  half  of  the  wing  above  is  buff,  as  in  mniszechi,  and  two  or  three  others 
more  or  less  intermediate.  It  is  curious,  however,  that  although  so  variable 
above,  the  hindwing  pattern  below  is  so  very  constant. 
250  Guelt-es-Stel,  September— October  1912-1913,  Faroult. 

3  Region  d'Aflou,  October  1911,  Harold  Powell. 

[Satyrus  hansii  Aust.  and  Satyrus  sylvicola  Aust. 

These  two  Satyrids  are  extremely  puzzling  and  in  consequence  have  been 
treated  in  many  different  ways  by  those  LepidoptcrLsts  who  have  written  about 
them.  The  only  final  and  reliable  test  will  be  when  the  genitalia  of  these  insects 
are  studied  comparatively  with  those  of  statilinus  and  fatua  {  =  allionii). 


NOVITATES   ZOOLOGICAE   XXIV.     1917.  105 

In  the  British  Museum  Mr.  Elwe.s  has  himped  all  these  insects  together  under 
statilinus,  which  is  absolutely  WTong.  Dr.  Seitz,  in  his  GrossscUmetterlinge  der 
Erde,  places  hansii  as  the  Mauretanian  representative  of  statilinus,  and  sylvi- 
cola  as  that  of  fatiM ;  but  remarks  in  parenthesis  that  they  are  probably  good 
species,  though  our  knowledge  {i.e.  really  Dr.  Seitz's)  was  too  scanty  to  decide 
this.  One  thing  is  certam,  the  larvae  of  hansii  and  sylvicola  only  show  the  same 
differences  as  statilinus  and  fatiut,  viz.  the  much  larger  head  of  hansii,  but  they 
are  otherwise  as  imagos  so  different,  both  from  each  other  and  the  two  forms 
from  north  of  the  Mediterranean,  that  till  we  have  dissected  them  I  prefer  to 
treat  them  as  distinct  species,  especially  as  sylvicola  occurs  in  Algeria  in  several 
distinct  races.] 

48.  Satyrus  (Satyrus)  hansii  Aust. 

Saiyrus  hansii  Austant,  Le  Natvraliste,  vol.  i.  p.  138  (1879)  (Daya). 

The  Tring  Museum  has  no  specimens  of  this  species.  The  British  Museum 
has  9  specimens  :  5  Algeria,  Crowley  bequest  ;  3  Mauretania,  Grum-GrshimaUo 
coll.,  ex  Elwes  coll.  ;    1  Sebdou,  1880-1882,  Dr.  Codet  ex  Elwes  coll. 

Miss  Fountaine  records  it  from  Sebdou,  Jidy — August  1904. 


49.  Satyrus  (Satyrus)  sylvicola  sylvicola  Aust. 

Satyrus  sylvicola  Austaut,  Le  Naluraliste,  vol  ii.  p.  284  (1880)  (Sebdou). 

Tliis  race  is  the  darkest  of  the  four  races  of  sylvicola  described  from  Algeria. 

4  Titen  Yaya,  August  1915,  Rotrou. 
20  Les  Pins,  August  1915,  Rotrou. 

The  British  Museum  has  9  specimens,  all  without  data  :  3  Mauretania,  Grum- 
Grshimailo  coll.  ex  Elwes  coll.  ;  1  Algeria,  purchased  Janson  ;  5  Algeria,  Crowley 
bequest. 

49a.  Satyrus  (Satyrus)  sylvicola  oberthueri  >ubsp.  nov. 

Satyrus  sylvicola  var.  lamhessanusOhetth.\iT,  Etnd.  d'Entom.  Comp.  Fasc.  X.  p.  170  (1915)  (Lambese). 

Mr.  Oberthiir  gave  to  this  race  of  sylvicola  the  r.ame  lambessanus,  but 
Staudinger  in  Cat.  Lepid.  Palaear.  Faung.  Stdgr.  and  Reb.  p.  58.  No.  377  a.  (1901) 
gave  to  the  Eastern  race  of  Satyrus  abdelkader  the  name  of  lambessanus,  and 
one  cannot  have  two  identical  subspecific  names  in  the  same  genus  ;  therefore 
I  rename  this  race  oberthueri. 

It  stands  exactly  intermediate  between  «.  sylvicola  and  s.  cinerea. 

95  Environs  de  Batna,  August  1912-1914,  Nelva. 

The  British  Museum  has  2  Environs  de  Batna,  August  1910,  Rev.  A.  E. 
Eaton. 

496.  Satyrus  (Satyrus)  sylvicola  cinereus  Oberth. 

Satyrus  fauna  var.  cinerea  Oberthiir,  Bull.  Soc.  ErUom.  France,  1907.  p.  344  (Yakouren). 

I  do  not  possess  this  form,  and  possibly  the  only  other  man  who  may  have 
it  besides  Oberthiir  is  Dr.  Nissen. 


106  NOTITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917. 

49c.  Satynis  (Satynis)  sylvicola  holli  Oberth. 

Satyrue  sylvicola  var.  holli  Oberthiir,   Etud.  de  Lipid.  Comp.  Fasc.  III.  p.  275.  pi.  xvi.  ff.  36-37 
(1909)  (Blida  lea  Glaciferes). 

This  race  is  much  the  smallest  and  palest  found  in  Algeria.  Several  of 
the  specimens  from  Captain  Holl  are  labelled  "  Environs  d'Alger,"  but  I  beheve 
he  never  got  it  elsewhere  than  at  Blida. 

29  Blida  les  Glacieres,  August  1911-1912,  Dr.  Xissen  and  Captain  Holl. 

50.  Satyrus  (Satynis)  fidia  fidia  (Linn.). 

Papilio  fidia  Linnaeus,  Syst.  yat.  edit.  xii.  vol.  i.  part  ii.  p.  770.  No.  138  (1767)  (Barbary). 

This  species  occurs  in  three  distinct  races  in  Algeria.  The  typical  fidia 
fidia  is  very  large,  of  a  blackish  slate-grey  above  with  a  bluish  lustre ;  in  between 
the  ocelli  on  the  forewing  above  are  two  largish  white  spots.  On  the  under- 
side the  pattern  is  very  strongly  marked.  The  ocelli  are  hardly,  if  at  all,  marked 
with  yellow  in  the  $  above. 

2  Leila  Kredidja,  August  1907,  Dr.  Nissen. 

11  Djebel  Zaccar  above  Miliana,  August  1916,  Faroult. 

3  Oued  Hamidou,  August  1912,  Faroult. 
55  Sakamudi,  August  1912,  Faroult. 

22  Ain  Draham,  Tunisia,  September  1911,  Faroult. 
42  Envii-ons  de  Batna,  August  1912-1914,  Nelva. 

The  Batna  specimens  are  slightly  smaller  than  all  the  other  typical  fidia, 
but  cannot  be  separated  from  them. 

The  British  Museum  has  6  Mauretanian  specimens  :  3  Algeria,  Leech  and 
Hewitson  colls.  ;  1  Constantine  Hm.  ex  Elwes  coll.  ;  2  N.  Africa,  Salvin  God- 
man  coll. 

50a.  Satyrus  (Satyrus)  fldia  hebitis  subsp.  nov. 

Mr.  Oberthiir  described  his  fi^lia  tninor  from  Sierra  Alta  Albaracin,  Spain^ 
and  the  figures  (Etud.  dc  Lipid.  Comp.  Fasc.  III.  pi.  cxxv.  ff.  1108,  1109)  show  it 
to  be  a  very  dark  insect  with  no  yellow  round  the  ocellus  of  the  ?.  On  the  same 
plate  Mr.  Ob?rthiir  figures  a  much  larger  $  from  Geryville,  Sud  Oranais,  which 
has  large  orange  rmgs  to  the  ocelli  and  is  much  paler  ;  this  he  also  places  under 
his  /.  minor.  There  are  in  the  Tring  Museum  91  specimens  from  Guelt-es-Stel 
which  at  once  strike  the  eye  as  bemg  very  distinct  from  the  large  fidia  fidia  of 
the  coast  regions.  While  being  smaller  than  /.  fidia,  they  are  much  larger  than 
Spanish  /.  minor,  and  are  not  only  paler  in  colour,  but  appear  much  duller  hi 
shade  ;  these  I  propo.se  to  separate  as  a  subspecies  as  above  and  include  in  it 
the  Geryville  form. 

3.  Differs  from  /.  fidia  in  being  considerably  smaller  and  above  much  paler, 
more  brownish,  and  much  duller,  the  bluish  lustre  being  entu-ely  absent  and 
replaced  by  a  dull  bronzy  wash.  The  two  white  spots  between  the  ocelli  are 
much  smaller  and  even  absent  in  some  specimens  ;  below  the  pattern  is  less 
sharply  marked,  and  the  greys  are  less  pure,  more  bro\vnish. 

?.  Differs  above  in  being  as  a  rule  smaller  and  brownish  mouse-grey,  not 
blackish  slate-grey,  while  the  ocelli  have  large  yellow  wings  not  found  in  coastal 


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/.  fidia  ;  below  they  are  very  distinct,  the  whole  forew  uig  being  sufiused  with 
yellow  and  the  hindwuigs  bemg  much  browner  in  tint  and  the  white  veins  being 
much  exaggerated.  The  size  is  very  even,  only  two  ??  being  markedly  smaller 
than  the  rest. 

Length  of  forewing.  Expanse. 

6"  fidia  fidui,  35  mm.         .......  74  mm. 

(J  fidia  hebitis,  30  mm.      .......  64  mm. 

(J  fidia  minor,  24  mm.       .  ......  51  mm. 

$  /.  fi^lia,  38  mm.     ........  81  mm. 

?  /.  hebitis,  26-35  mm 56-74  mm. 

?  /.  minor,  24  mm.  ........  52  mm. 

Habitat.   Hauts  Plateaux  and  southern  chain  of  the  Atlas  of  Provinces  of 
Alger  and  Oran  (type  ?,  Guelt-es-Stel). 

91  Guelt-es-Stel,  August— October   1913,  Faroult. 


506.  Satyrus  (Satyrus)  fidia  intermedia,  subsp.  iiov. 

This  is  the  form  of  fidia  from  the  Northern  Atlas  Range  in  the  Province  of 
Oran. 

(J  differs  from  /.  fidia  in  its  much  darker,  almost  black  upperside  without 
blue  lustre,  smaller  size,  and  smaller,  often  almost  absent  white  spots  between 
the  ocelli. 

?  differs  in  its  smaller  size,  darker  colour,  and  below  in  the  very  large  and 
strong  yellow  rings  to  the  ocelli. 

Length  of  forewing  :  (J  31  mm. ;  ?  33  mm.    Expanse  :  3  66  mm. ;  ?  70  ram. 

Habitat.  Les  Pins,  Sebdou  (type  3,  Les  Pins). 

14  Les  Pins,  Prov.  Oran,  August  1915,  Rotrou. 

Miss  Fountaine  found  this  insect  at  Sebdou,  July — August  1904. 


[Satyrus  abdelkader  Pierret. 

Mr.  Charles  Oberthiir  has  published  such  an  exhaustive  history  of  this 
famous  insect,  as  well  as  such  a  wealth  of  observation  and  study  carried  out 
by  Messrs.  Powell  and  Le  Cerf ,  that  nothing  remains  for  me  to  say  on  the  general 
subject  ;  but  I  cannot  help  disagreeing  with  Mr.  Oberthiir  about  some  of  his 
conclusions  in  regard  to  the  status  of  the  three  forms,  abdelkader,  lambessamis, 
and  nelvai. 

IMr.  Oberthiir  says  that  he  considers  abdelkader  and  nelvai  as  forms  of  one 
species,  while  he  regards  lambessanus  as  a  separate  species.  In  this  I  cannot 
follow  him  at  all,  for  among  my  Batna-Lambessa  specimens  are  some  <J(J  uidis- 
tinguishable  from  So  from  Titen  Yaya  in  the  Oranais.  I  consider  all  three 
forms  as  snbspecies  of  a  single  species  abdelkader,  but  I  agree  so  far  with  Mr. 
Oberthiir  that  I  think  lambessanus  has  become  more  differentiated  from  the 
other  two  than  they  have  from  each  other.  It  is  most  strange  that  while  in 
the  Oranais  abdelkader  abdelkader  flies  in  June  and  July,  this  same  form  at 
Guelt-es-Stel  flies  in  September  and  October.  The  form  lambessanus  flies  in 
April  and  May,  while  a.  nelvai  is  on  the  wing  from  end  of  August  throughout 
September.] 


108  NOV'ITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

51.  Satyrus  (Cercyonis)  abdelkader  abdelkader  Pierret. 

Salyrua  ahddkadcr  Pierret,  Ann.  Soc.  Eiitom.  France,  vol.  vi.  p.  19.  pi.  i.  ff.  5,  6  (1837)  (Oran). 

4  Sidi-bel-Abbes,  Staudiiiger. 
31  Titen  Yaya,  June — July  1915,  Rotrou. 
261  Guelt-es-Stel,  September — October,  Dr.  Ni.-sen  and  FaroHlt. 

The  British  Museum  has  7  specimens  of  this  form  :  4  Algeria,  Crowley 
bequest ;  1  Algeria  (Heyne),  ex  Leech  coll.  ;  1  Algeria  purchased  from  Janson  ; 
I  Sebdou,  1880-1882,  Dr.  Codet  ex  Elwes  coll. 

The  Tring  Museum  series  comprises  296  specimens. 

Mr.  Meade-Waldo  in  his  article  records  this  insect  from  Tizi  Gourza,  July 
1901. 

51a.  Satyrus  (Cercyonis)  abdelkader  nelvai  Seitz. 

Satyrns  abdelkader  nelvai  Seitz,  Soc.  Entom.  vol.  xsvi.  p.  49  cum.  fig.  rj?  (1911)  (Aures  Mountains). 

Dr.  Seitz  in  above  description  states  that  the  exact  point  whence  the  types 
of  this  form  were  brought  to  Mr.  Nelva  was  unknown.  Mr.  Nelva,  who  furnished 
me  with  the  four  specimens  I  have,  informs  me,  however,  that  his  Arab  "Chasseurs" 
captured  them  on  the  Djebel  Menaa.  Mr.  Harold  Powell,  who  sent  to  Mi-. 
Oberthiir  several  hundreds  of  this  fine  insect,  states  that  it  is  comparatively 
very  rare  on  Menaa,  and  that  its  principal  stronghold  is  the  Djebel  MetlUi  and 
the  adjacent  peaks  to  the  west  of  El  Kantara. 

4  Djebel  Menaa,  Aures  Mountains,  Nelva  coll. 

The  British  Museum  has  no  specimen. 

51 6.  Satyrus  (Cercyonis)  abdelkader  lambessanus  Stdgr. 

Satyrus  abdelkader  var.  lambessanus  Staudinger,  in  Stdgr.  and  Rebel,  Cat.  Lepid.  Palaear.  Fanng. 
p.  58.  No.  377  a.  (1901)  (Lambeasa). 

This  form  is  now  the  best  Icnown  and  the  commonest  in  collections,  for 
very  few  entomologists  go  to  West  Algeria. 

79  Envkons  de  Batna,  April— May  1908-1914,  Nelva  and  Taillefer. 

The  British  Museum  has  5  specimens  :  1  Mauretania  !  !  Grum-GrshimaUo 
coU.  ex  Elwes  coll.  ;  1  Lambessa,  Hewitson  coll.  ;  1  Lambessa,  May  1882,  J.  H. 
Elwes  ;    1  Lambessa,  1875,  R.  Oberthiir  ex  Elwes  coll.  , 

52.  Satyrus  (Minois)  actaea  (Esp.). 

Papilio  actaea  Esper,  Schmett.  vol.  i.  part  ii,  t.  57.  ff.  1  a.  b.  (1780)  (Europe?). 

This  species  has  only  been  recorded  from  Mauretania,  and  in  his  article  he 
gives  Tsauritz  Entsagauz  and  Tizi  Gourza,  July  1901. 

5:5.  Satyrus  (Eumenis)  atlantis  Aust. 

Satyrus  atlantis  Austaut,  Int.  Entom.  Zeitsch.  Guben,  vol.  xix.  p.  29  (1905)  (Tsauritz  Entsagauz, 
Meade-Waldo). 

This  species  was  unfortunately  described  a  few  months  before  Mr.  Meade- 
Waldo's  article  appeared  from  specimens  collected  by  him,  or  rather  by  Mr. 
Vaucher  travelling  with  him  ;  so  that  his  name  moroccana  must  give  way  to 
atlantis  Aust. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  109 

I  have  no  specimens  of  this  species,  but  I  consider  it  is  quite  a  distinct 
species  and  not  a  subspecies  of  mniszechi. 
The  British  Museum  has  no  specimens. 

[Grenus  Satyrus.  This  genus  in  its  conventional  sense  is  very  large  and 
unwieldy,  and  many  authors  have  tried  to  split  it  up  into  several  genera.  In 
1819  Hiibner  in  his  "  Verzeichnis  bekanuter  Schmetteuliuge  "  placed  a  number 
of  species  of  the  famOy  Satyrinae,  which  at  the  present  time  stand  under  Satyrus, 
in  three  of  his  Coiti  =  genera,  viz.  Hipparchia,  Minois,  and  Eumenis.  W.  F. 
Kirby  in  his  Catalogiie  oj  Diurnal  Lepidoptera  (1871-1876)  has  used  Satyrus 
Latr.  (1810)  for  Hiibner's  two  Coiti  Pararge  and  Dira,  and  has  placed  under 
Hipparchia  Fabr.  a  mixture  of  Hipparchia  and  Satyrus  (conv.)  and  one  or  two 
other  things.  Fruhstorfer  has  used  Eumenis  Hiibn.  for  a  number  of  species, 
and  retains  Satyrus  for  actaea,  cordula,  abdelkader,  etc.  Fabricius,  who  was  the 
first  to  establish  Hipparchia,  placed  in  it  119  species,  of  which  he  enumerates 
10,  the  only  ones  now  retamed  in  Satyrus  being  hermione  and  fauna.  Satyrus, 
established  in  1810  by  Latreille  in  his  Considerations  Generates,  was  used  by 
its  author  for  a  curious  mixture  ;  he  divided  it  mto  two  sections — Sect.  I. 
consistmg  of  Brassolidae  Amathuriinae,  etc.,  and  Sect.  II.,  which  consisted  of 
Fabricius'  genus  Hipparchia.  Passing  over  a  number  of  other  attempts  at 
reconstructmg  the  genus  Satyrus,  I  wUl  confine  myself  to  the  system  adopted 
in  the  British  Museum.  There  the  genus  is  divided  up  into  9  genera:  Nythas 
containing  circe,  hermione,  and  their  allies  ;  Philareta,  containmg  anthe,  etc.  ; 
Karanasa,  with  huebneri  and  allies  ;  Kanetisa,  with  digna  ;  Chazara,  consistmg 
of  briseis  and  neighbouring  species  ;  Eumenis,  containing  seniele,  fidia,  etc.  ; 
Minois,  consisting  of  actaea  and  others  ;  and  Cercyonis,  consistmg  of  abdelkader 
and  its  races.  As  at  present  these  genera  have  not  to  my  mind  been  sufficiently 
established  by  careful  anatomical  study  of  all  the  elements  composing  them, 
I  prefer  to  place  them  in  brackets  after  Satyrus,  but  this  must  not  be  under- 
stood to  mean  that  I  consider  them  subgenera  or  that  I  acloiowledge  subgenera.] 

54.  Melanargia  galathea  lucasi  (Ramb.). 

Arge  lucasi  Rambur,  Cat.  Syst.  Lepidop.  AvJal.  p.  20  footnote  (1858)  (Bougie). 

Mr.  Oberthiir  considers  this  form  so  distinct  that  it  should  be  treated  as 
a  distinct  species  ;  I  cannot  see  in  it  anj'thing  more  than  a  very  well  defuied 
subspecies  of  galathea.  In  his  article  on  Moroccan  lepidoptera,  Mr.  Meade- 
Waldo  says  he  found  this  insect  very  abundant  m  the  Great  Atlas  ;  but  of 
course  the  insect  collected  by  him  was  the  following  subspecies.  He  also  men- 
tions a  very  large  and  pale  form  ;  this  will  be  dealt  with  later  on  when  I  give  a 
list  with  criticisms  of  Mr.  Meade- Waldo's  JMauretanian  material. 

1  Saida,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
7  Tifrit,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

2  Environs  d' Alger,  Captg,m  HoU. 

7  Bei  Bara,  Gr.  Kabylie,  July  1910,  Dr.  Nissen. 
35  Leila  Ivredidja,  July  1906-1912,  Dr.  Nissen. 

1  Teniet-el-Haad,  July  1905,  Dr.  Nissen. 
152  Environs  de  Batna,  May  1912-1914,  Nelva. 
25  Khenchela,  May  1912,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 


110  NoviTATEs  ZooT.ontrAE  XXIV.   1917. 

We  never  found  this  insect  in  the  cast  of  Algeria  except  at  Khenchela,  and 
in  the  west  it  was  far  from  common. 

The  Tring  series  comprises  230  specimens. 

The  Britisli  Museum  possesses  10  individuals  of  this  form  :  5  Algeria, 
Crowley  bequest  ;  1  Algiers  (Heyne),  Leech  coll.  ;  1  Lambessa  ex  Elwes  coll.  ; 
3  Lambessa,  June  1885,  L.  Bleuse  ex  Elwes  coll.  In  addition  to  the  above 
10  specimens  the  Museum  has  2  purchased  from  Heyne  through  Janson  and 
labelled  "  Morocco."  They  appear  to  me  not  to  be  lucasi  and  certainly  never 
came  from  Morocco. 

Miss  Fountaine  records  it  from  Teniet-el-Haad,  Maj'  and  June  1904. 

5to.  Melanargia  galathea  meade-waldoi  subsp.  nov. 

This  form  differs  from  g.  lucasi  by  the  black  markings  on  the  upperside 
being  much  wider  and  more  pronounced,  thus  bearing  the  same  relation  to 
iucasi  as  procida  does  to  galathea.  It  shows  the  same  differences  from  procida 
as  lucasi  does  from  galathea.     Type  S,  Tamarouth. 

1  "Maroc  Meridional"  ex  coll.  Bethune  Baker. 

2  Tamarouth,  Morocco,  June  1904,  W.  Riggenbach. 

The  British  Museum  has  6  specimens,  Meade-Waldo.  Mr.  Meade-Waldo 
records  Tsauritz  Entsagauz  and  Imentalla,  July  1901. 

55.  Melanargia  syllius  pelagia  Oberth. 

Melanargia  syUiiis  pelagia  Oberthiir.  Etud.  Lepidop.  Comp.  Fasc.  V.  p.  188.  pi.  Ix.  f.  547  (Sebdou, 
Geryville). 

We  never  came  across  this  species,  and  Mauretanian  examples  are  absent 
from  the  British  Museum  collections.  It  is  apparently  a  rare  species  in 
Mauretania; 

1  Titen  Yaya,  June  1915,  Rotrou. 

2  Guelt-es-Stel,  April  1913  !  !   Faroult. 
23  Djelfa,  May  1913,  Faroult. 

56.  Melanargia  ines  ines  (Hoffm.). 

Papilio  ines  Hoffmannsegg.  III.  Mag.  vol.  iii.  p.  205  (1804)  (nom.  nov.  pro  Papilio  Ihetis  Hiibner, 
Samml.  Eur.  Schmetl.  vol.  i.  pi.  47.  ff.  196-197  (1779)  (nom.  praeoc.  Papilio  thetis  Rottenburg, 
Naturf.  vol.  vi.  p.  24.  No.  11  (1775)). 

This  insect  is  one  of  the  commonest  Satyrids  tliroughout  Algeria,  and  my 
series  of  630  specimens  is  only  the  pick  out  of  some  1,600-1,800  specimens 
collected  in  Algeria  during  the  years  1909-1914.  Herr  Fritz  Wagner,  Intern. 
Entom.  Zeitsch.  G-uben.  vol.  vii.  p.  111.  cum  fig.  (1913),  has  described  as  ines 
var.  fathme,  a  series  of  ines  taken  by  him  at  Tunis  close  to  the  seashore.  He 
characterises  his  supposed  new  form  by  stating  that  the  black  is  strongly  re- 
duced, and  tlierefore  considers  the  insect  to  be  intermediate  between  ines  and 
arge  Sulz.,  which  he  consequently  considers  to  be  subspecies  of  one  species. 

Before  considering  the  claims  to  distinction  of  jathme  Wagn..  I  must  point 
out  here  that  Herr  Wagner  is  in  error  concerning  arg'e  and  its  relationship  to 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  Ill 

ines.  In  ines  the  vein  1  along  the  abdominal  area  of  the  hindwing  is  single, 
while  in  arge  it  is  double,  and  forms  a  loop  like  in  syllius  Herbst.,  and  in  fact 
I  should  at  once  say  it  was  only  a  local  race  of  that  species  if  it  were  not  for 
the  nervures  on  the  underside  being  black  instead  of  rufous  as  in  syllius  ;  any- 
how, it  is  certainly  not  a  subspecies  of  ines.  As  to  the  distinctness  of  fathme 
from  ines,  at  first  sight,  and  compared  with  most  Algeiian  and  Spanish  speci- 
mens in  collections,  they  are  certainly  much  whiter,  but  when  comparing  a 
series  of  8  Tunisian  specimens  with  1,600-1,800  Algerian  and  10  Spanish,  I 
confess  that  I  cannot  uphold  the  subspecific  distinctness  of  the  Tunis  examples. 
I  find  in  the  1,000-1,500  Guelt-es-Stel  specimens  and  in  the  El  Kantara  series 
quite  half  which  are  as  white  as  Tunisian  specimens,  though  the  Spanish  ones 
are  certainly  all  dark,  but  not  so  dark  as  a  number  of  Algerian  ones.  I  there- 
fore must  reluctantly  come  to  the  conclusion  that  Herr  Wagner's  fathme  can 
only  be  considered  as  an  aberration  and  must  stand  as  ab.  jathme  Wagn. 

It  is  quite  otherwise  with  the  form  from  the  west  coast  of  Morocco  :  this 
form  is  quite  as  white  as  if  not  whiter  than  Herr  Wagner's  fathme,  but  it  is  not 
small,  like  the  Tunisian  examples,  but  has  developed  to  a  gigantic  size.  This 
is  described  further  on. 

The  total  series  selected  for  the  Tring  Museum  of  Algerian  and  Tunisian 
ines  is  638. 

3  Moroccan  Frontier,  May  1914,  Faronlt. 
65  Masser  Mines,  May  1914,  Faroult. 

4  Lalla  Marnia,  May  1914.  Faroult. 

12  Ras  Chergui,  Djebel  Mekter,  May  1915,  Faroult. 
50  Oran,  April  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
2  Berrouaghia,  May  (April  ?)  1913,  Faroult. 
2  Boghari,  May  1914  (April  1),  Faroult. 
374  Guelt-es-Stel,  April— June  1913,  Faroult. 

1  Djelfa,  May  1913,  Faroult. 

2  Bou  Saada,  May  1911,  Faroult. 

17  Djebel  Kerdada,  May  1912,  Faroult. 

74  El  Kantara,  May  1909-1911,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  Cheli  Brahim. 
12  Khenchela,  May  1912,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
14  Environs  de  Batna,  May  1912,  Nelva. 
8  Environs  de  Tunis,  April — June  1916,  E.  Blanc. 

The  British  Museum  has  8  specimens  of  this  species  :  2  Algeria,  Elwes  coll. ; 
1  Oran,  Elwes  coll. ;  1  Constantine  (Heine),  ex  Elwes  coll.  ;  4  El  Kantara, 
March  1902,  Mrs.  M.  de  la  P.  Nicholl  and  Lord  Walsingham.  Miss  Fountaine 
records  it  from  Teniet-el-Haad,  May — June  1904. 

56a.  Melanargia  ines  colossea  subsp.  nov. 

(J  ?.  Differs  from  ines  ines  in  the  great  reduction  of  the  black  pattern  and 
in  its  large  size. 

Length  of  forewing.  Expanse. 

ines  ines  (Spain),  cj  23-27  mm.,  ?  26-29  mm.    .  .  <J  50-58  mm.,  $56-62  mm. 

ines  ines  (Algeria),  ^  22-27  mm.,  ?  24-27  mm.  '  .  cJ  48-58  mm.,  ?  52-58  mm. 

ines  ines  (Tunis),  (J  26  mm.,  $  275  mm.  .          .  .  .     cJ  56  mm.,  ?  59  mm. 

ines  colossea,  cJ  30  mm.,  $  33  mm.    .          .          .  .  .     <J  65  mm.,  ?  71  mm. 


112  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

Habitat.  West  Coast,  Morocco  (Mazagan,  Tamarouth,  Eabat,  Mogador). 
Type:    ?,  Rabat. 

5  Rabat,   1914,  A.  Thery. 

1  Orange  Grove,  Oum-er-Rebia,  April  1901,  E.  H. 
7  Mazagan,  April  1902,  W.  Riggenbach. 

1  Tamarouth,  June   1904,  W.  Riggenbach. 

2  Morocco  ?   (Barrett  coll.,  labelled  Cape  Colony). 

The  specimen  from  the  Oum-er-Rebia  collected  by  Mr.  Hartert  is  absolutely 
a  freak,  as  it  is  the  smallest  ines  I  have  seen,  and  evidently  a  starved  dwarf  ; 
length  of  forewing  21  mm.,  expanse  45  mm.  The  British  Museum  has  3 
specimens  :  1  Mogador,  Leech  ;  2  Meade-Waldo.  Mr.  Meade- Waldo's  o  is  a 
melanistic  specimen.  In  his  article  he  gives  only  Tsauritz  Entsagauz,  July 
1901  ;  but  the  $  in  the  British  Museum  is  labelled  south  of  Estat. 

57.  Pararge  maera  meade-waldoi  subsp.  nov. 

?  differs  from  ?  P.  inaera  m  the  fulvous  orange  of  the  forewuig  being  replaced 
by  deep  rufous  somewhat  yellower  round  the  ocellus  ;  and  on  the  hindwmg 
in  the  black  of  the  ocellus  bemg  reduced  and  the  white  increased,  while  the 
orange  round  ocellus  is  replaced  by  deep  rufous. 

Habitat.  Tizi  Gourza,  10,000  ft.  (July  1901). 

The  British  Museum  has  1  specimen,  the  type  of  this  description,  from 
Mr.  Meade-Waldo. 

58.  Pararge  megera  megera  (Linn.). 
Papilio  megera  Linnaeus,  Si/st.  Nat.  edit.  xii.  vul.  i.  part  ii.  p.  771.  No.  142  (Austria,  Danemarsb). 

We  found  this  insect  widely  spread  in  Algeria,  but  never  very  numerous. 
The  Tring  series  from  Mauretania  consists  of  131  specimens. 
1  Ouled  Farsh,  Morocco.  May  1901,  W.  Riggenbach. 
1  Mazagan,  Morocco,  June   1900,  W.  Riggenbach. 
1  Truchan,   Morocco,   May    1901,   W.   Riggenbach. 
4  Djebel  Tixa,  Morocco,  March  1905,  W.  Riggenbach. 
4  Zoudj-el-Beghal,  Morocco,  May  1914,  Faroult. 
14  Masser  Mines,  June  1914,  Faroult. 
1  Nedroma,  June  1914,  Faroult. 
1  Lalla  Marnia,  December  1914,  Faroult. 

1  Djebel  Mekter,  Ain  Sefra,  May  1913,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 

2  Ras  Chergui,  May  1915,  Faroult. 

3  Titen  Yaya,   June — August   1915,   Rotrou. 

1  Saida,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

4  Oran,  April  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

6  Environs  d' Alger,  AprU— May  1908-1912,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J. 

2  Leila  Kredidja,  July  1907,  Dr.  Nissen. 

4  Blida  les  Glacieres,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
13  Hammam  R'ihra,  May  1908-1913,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J. 

1  Boghari,  AprU  1911,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
25  Guelt-es-Stel,  March— June  1912-1913,  W.  R.,  K.  J.,  and  Faroult. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  113 

1  Djelfa,  June  1913,  Faroult. 

1  Djebel  Kerdada.  May  1912,  Faroult.  * 
7  Biskra,  April  1908,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

19  El  Kantara,    March— July  1908-1911.  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  Cheli  Brahim. 
12  Environs  de   Batna,   May— June    1909-1914,   A.   Nelva. 

2  Lambessa,  June  1912,  Nelva. 

4  Khenchela,  May  1912,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

1  El  Hamel,  May   1912,  Faroult. 

3  Constantine,  May  1908,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

2  Souk  Ahras,  April  1914,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

The  British  Museum  has  6  specimens  of  this  insect :  2  Meade- Waldo  ;  1 
Mogador,  Leech  ;  2  Lambessa,  April— May  1882,  H.  J.  Elwes  ;  1  Biskra  May 
1882,  H.  J.  Elwes. 

Mr.  Meade-Waldo  in  his  article  says  not  abundant,  but  throughout  the 
year. 

59.  Pararge  aegeria  meone  (Cram.). 

Papilio  meone  Cramer,  Pap.  Exot.  vol.  iv.  part  xxvi.  p.  51.  t.  cccxiv.  ff.  E.  F.  (1780)  (Alger). 

This  insect  is  plentiful  everywhere  in  the  Tell  and  Atlas,  but  becomes  rarer 
on  the  "  Hauts  Plateaux,"  and  it  is  only  incidentally  found  along  the  edge  of 
the  desert  and  ceases  within  15-20  mUes  of  Biskra  altogether.  The  form  from 
Mauretania  is  certainly  brighter  and  more  rufous  in  the  <S,  and  the  fulvous  yellow 
of  the  ?  is  more  extended  than  in  the  typical  aegeria  aegeria  from  Southern 
Europe.     The  series  of  Mauretanian  examples  at  Tring  consists  of  148  specimens. 

1  Ouled  Farsh,  near  Mazagan,  Morocco,  May  1901,  W.  Riggenbach. 

3  Tamarouth,  Morocco,  June  1904,  W.  Riggenbach. 

8  Mazagan,  Morocco,  June  1900,  W.  Riggenbach. 

3  Truchan,  W.  Morocco,  May  1901,  W.  Riggenbach. 

1  Rabat,  1914,  A.  Thery. 

2  Tlemcen,  April  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
1  Ras  Chergui,  May  1915,  Faroult. 

1  Ain  Sefia,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

2  Saida,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
1  Tifrit,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

1  Titen  Yaya,  June  1915,  Rotrou. 

2  Oran,  April  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

46  Environs  d'Alger,  February— May  1908-1912,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J. 

2  Leila  Kredidja,  July   1907,  Dr.  Nissen. 

9  Blida  les  Glacieres,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
36  Hammani  R'ihra,  April— June  1908-1913,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J. 

2  Guelt-es-Stel,  June  1913,  Faroult. 

3  Djebel  Kerdada,   May    1912,   Faroult. 

3  Biskra,  March  1908-1911,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

6  El  Kantara,  March— July  1908-1911,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  Cheh  Brahim. 

2  Khenchela,  May  1912,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

3  Environs  de  Batna,  1909-1914,  Nelva. 

9  Constantine,  May  1908,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

1  Hammam  Meskoutine,  May  1909,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

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114  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

The  British  Museum  has  14  specimens  from  Mauretania  :  4  Meade-Waldo  ; 
5  ex  Leech  coll.,  Salvin  Grodman  coll.,  and  Mr.  Blackmore  ex.  Elwes  coll. ; 
1  Tetuan,  Morocco,  J.  B.  Fletcher,  June  1901  ;  1  Philippeville,  May  1882,  H.  J. 
Elwes;  1  Constantine,  April  1882,  H.  J.  Elwes;  1  Algiers,  Leech  coll.  Mr. 
Meade-Waldo  in  his  article  has  left  this  species  out. 

60.  Epinephele  lycaon  mauretanica  (Oberth.). 

Satyrus  eudora  rar.  mauretanica  Oberthur,  Etud.  d'Eiitom.  liv.  vi.  p.  58  (1881)  (Sebdou,  Lamb^ze). 

We  have  never  taken  this  insect  ourselves. 
22  Titen  Yaya,  June  1915,  Kotrou. 

1  Sidi-bel-Abbes,  June  1915,  Rotrou. 
13  Guelt-es-Stel,  May— June  1913,  Faroult. 

12  Djelfa,  June  1913,  Faroult. 

36  Foret  de  Djelfa,  June   1913,  Faroult. 

1  Djebel  Kerdada,  May   1912,  Faroult. 

4  El  Kantara,  June  1911,  Faroult. 

5  Khenchela,  June  1911,  Faroult. 
9  Lambessa,  June   1912,  Nelva. 

53  Environs  de  Batna,  June  1909-1914,  Nelva. 
The  Tring  series  numbers   156  specimens.     There  are  none  in  the  British 
Museum.     Miss    Fountaine    records    it  from   Teniet-el-Haad,    June    1904.     Mr. 
Meade- Waldo  in  his  article  gives  Tsauritz  Entsagauz  and  Imentalla,  July  1901. 

61.  Epinephele  jurtina  jurtina  (Linn.). 

Papilio  jurtina  Linnaeus,  Syst.  Nat.  edit,  x.  vol.  i.  part  ii.  p.  475.  No.  104  (1758)  (Europe,  Africa. 
Type,  Africa). 

This  species  is  fairly  common  everywhere  in  the  Tell  and  Atlas,  but  gets 
rarer  m  the  "  Hauts  Plateaux  "  ;  it  does  not  reach  the  edge  of  the  desert  proper, 
though  it  stUl  occurs  at  Bou  Saada,  where  a  piece  of  desert  runs  into  the  "  Hauts 
Plateaux." 

2  Rabat,   1914,  A.  Tliery. 

3  Zoudj-el-Beghal,  Morocco,  July  1914,  Faroult. 
80  Masser  ^Nlines,  June   1914,  Faroult. 

13  Nedroma  Oranais,  June  1914,  Faroult. 

18  Saida,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
5  Tifrit,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

34  Titen  Yaya,  June  1915,  Rotrou. 

19  Envhons  d'Alger,  May  1905-1912,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  K.  J.,  and  Dr.  Nissen. 
2  Foret  de  Bainen,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

5  Leila  Kredidja,  July   1908,  Dr.  Nissen. 

1  Tala  Rana,  Gr.  Kabylie,  July   1907,  Dr.  Nissen. 

1  Yakouren,  July   1906,  Dr.  Nissen. 

1  Foret  d'Akfadou,  July   1906,  Dr.  Nissen. 

1  Palestra,  May  1906,  Dr.  Nissen. 

1  Beni  Amran,  June  1906,  Dr.  Nissen. 

2  Sakamudi,  August  1912,  Faroult. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917,  115 

3  Blida  les  Glacieres,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

67  Hammam  R'ihra,  May  1908-1913,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J. 

4  Guelt-es-Stel,  May — June  1913,  Faroult. 

8  Djelfa,  June  1913,  Faroult. 

2  Foret  de  Djelfa,  June  1913,  Faroult. 
2  Bou  Saada,  May  1912,  Faroult. 

5  Environs  de  Batna,  1908-1909,  Nelva. 
2  Oued  Hamidou,  June  1912,  Faroult. 

16  Hammam  Mjskoutine,  May  1914,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

9  A'in  Draliam,  Tunisia,  July   1911,  Faroult. 

6  Environs  de  Tunis,  May— June   1915-1916,  E.  Blanc. 

The  Tring  series  comprises  312  specimens.  The  British  Museum  has  12 
specimens  :  5  Meade-Waldo  ;  1  Collo,  Constantine,  Frey  coll.  ;  1  Mauretania  ! 
Leech  coll.  ;  3  Philippeville,  June  1882,  H.  J.  Elwes  (?  dwarf)  ;  1  Bone,  J.  Merkl, 
June  1884,  ex  Elwes  coll.  ;  1  Lambessa,  June  1884,  J.  Merkl  ex  Elwes  coll. 

Mr.  Meade- Waldo  in  his  article  gives  Klatsa,  May  1901  ;  Ras  Doura,  May 
1901  ;  Tsauritz  Entsagauz,  July  1901.  Miss  Fountaine  records  this  species 
from  Teniet-el-Haad,  June  1904. 


62.  Epinephele  janiroides  Herr.  Schaeff. 

Epinephele  janiroides  Herrich  Schaeffer,  Schmelt.  Europ.  vol.  i.  Tab.  111.  ff.  533,  534  (1851)  (?). 

We  only  came  across  this  insect  on  one  occasion.  The  Tring  Museum 
possesses  57  specimens. 

27  Foret  de  Bainen,  near  Alger,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.J.  and  Dr.  Nissen. 

1  Environs  d'Alger,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
29  Ain  Draham,  July  1911,  Faroult. 

The  British  Museum  has  10  specimens  of  this  species  :  4  Algiers,  Frey  coll. 
and  Crowley  bequest  ;  2  Mauretania,  Staudinger  ex  Zeller  coll.  ;  1  Collo, .  1 
Constantine,  ex  Elwes  coll.  ;  1  Bone,  J.  Merkl,  June  1884,  ex  Elwes  coll.  Mr. 
Oberthiir  figures  a  large  9,  Fasc.  X.  Etiul.  d'Entom.  Comp.  pi.  cclxxxvii.  f.  2330, 
length  of  forewing  27  mm.,  expanse  58  mm.  ;  my  largest  $  from  Ain  Draham 
has  a  length  of  forewing  of  30  mm.  and  an  expanse  of  64  mm. 


63.  Epinephele  pasiphae  philippina  Aust. 

Epinephele  pasiphae  var.   philippina  Austaut,  Pet.  Nouv.  Entom.  vol.  ii.  p.  149  (1877)  (Nemours). 

The  specimens  of  this  form  are  very  variable  ;  above,  the  3S  vary  from  one 
with  nearly  the  whole  upperside  rufous  orange  aiid  the  ocelli  on  both  wings 
obsolescent,  to  almost  entirely  fuscous  brown,  and  the  rufous  orange  on  both 
wings  reduced  to  a  narrow  band  while  the  ocelli  are  very  pronounced,  some 
also  have  the  rufous  orange  as  if  smoked  and  almost  as  brown  as  the  ground 
colour,  and  others  have  the  rufous  orange  replaced  by  deep  rufous  ;  below,  there 
is  every  gradation  from  a  sharply  defined  narrow  white  band  to  the  uniform 
brown  liLndwings  of  ab.  tessalensis  Aust.  ;  ?¥  show  less  variation  above,  but 
the  same  variation  below. 


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3  Hammam-bou-Grara,  July  1914,  Faroult. 
510  Masser  Mines.  May — June  1914,   Faroult. 

21  Nedroma  Oranais,  June  1914,  Faroult. 

2  Nemours,  Austaut  (types  of  jiasiphae  philippiiui). 
1  Djebel  Tessala,  A\istant  (type  of  ab.  tessalensis). 

1  Djebel  Mekter,  May  1913,  E.  H.  and  C.  H. 
6  Titen  Yaya,  June  1915,  Rotrou. 
11  Saida,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 
6  Tifrit,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

22  Oran,  April  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

3  Djelfa,  May  1913,  Faroult. 

The  British  Museum  has  3  specimens  :  2  Oran,  Dr.  Codet  ex  Elwes  coll.  ; 
1  ?  ex.  Leech  coll.  (labelled  erroneously  "  Morocco  "). 

Miss  Fountaine  records  this  insect  from  Teniet-el-Haad,  May  1904.  The 
Tring  series  consists  of  586  specimens. 

63a.  Epinephele  pasiphae  pasiphae  (Esper). 

Papilio  pasiphae  Esper,  Schmett.  vol.  i.  part  ii.  t.  67.  t.  4  (1777)  (?). 

There  are  four  specimens  of  this  form  in  the  British  Museum,  onlj'  all  the 
characters  are  exaggerated  ;  they  are  very  large,  and  the  white  band  on  the 
hindwings  below  is  very  wide  and  pure  white. 

Four  Meade-Waldo.  Mr.  Meade-Waldo  in  his  article  gives  EI  Mediar  and 
Klatsa,  May  1901,  and  states  he  never  saw  it  in  the  south. 

64.  Epinephele  Ida  (Esper). 

Papilio  ida  Esper,  Schmett.  vol.  i.  part  ii.  t.  92.  f.  2  (1777)  (?). 

The  Tell  and  North  Atlas  specimens  have  been  separated  as  i.  cecUia  Val. 
and  the  El  Kantara  specimens  as  lapidepeta  Seitz,  but  as  I  have  specimens  from 
various  localities  agreeing  with  both  these  and  typical  European  specimens,  I 
do  not  consider  these  names  to  apply  to  anything  more  than  aberrations  and 
that  ida  from  N.  Africa  is  the  same  form  as  ida  from  Europe. 

The  Tring  Museum  possesses  351  Mauretanian  examples. 

1  Ouled  Farsh,  Morocco,  May  1901,  W.  Riggenbach. 
127  Zoudj-el-Beghal,  Morocco,  July  1914,  Faroult. 

6  Hammam-bou-Grara,  July  1914,  Faroult. 
48  Masser  Jlines,  June  1914,  Faroult. 

8  Nedroma  Oranais,  June  1914,  Faroult. 

3  Environs  d' Alger,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J.  and  Dr.  Nissen. 

3  Foret  de  Bainen,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
10  Leila  Kredidja,  July  1908,  Dr.  Nissen. 

3  Sakamudi,  August  1912,  Faroult. 

2  Oued  Hamidou,  June  1912,  Faroult. 

2  Haramam  R'ihra,  May  1913,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

1  Bou  Saada,  July  1912,  Faroult; 
38  El  Kantara,  June  1911,  Faroult  and  Cheli  Brahim. 
22  Envu-ons  de  Batna,  June  1909-1914,  Nelva. 

27  A'in  Draham,  Tunisia,  August  1912,  Faroult. 

28  Environs  de  Tunis,  April— June  1915-1916,  E.  Blanc. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  117 

We  left  Algeria  always  too  early  in  the  summer  to  be  able  to  catch  this 
insect  in  any  numbers.  The  British  Museum  has  9  specimens  :  6  Meade-Waldo  ; 
1  Tetuan,  Morocco,  June  1901,  J.  B.  Fletcher  ;  2  Algiers,  Leech  coll.  Mr. 
Meade-Waldo  in  his  article  gives  Tangier,  September  1901  ;  Rabat,  May  1901  ; 
and  Tsauritz  Ent.sagauz,  July  1901.  Miss  Fountaine  records  it  from  Tlemcen, 
July  1904. 

65.  Coenonympha  areanioides  (Pierret). 

Satyrus  areanioides  Pierret,  Ann.  Soc.  Bntoin.  France,  vol.  vi.  p.  306  (1837)  (Oran). 

This  insect  occurs  in  two  seasonal  forms,  gen.  vern.  areanioides  Pierret, 
and  gen.  aest.  holli  Oberth.  {Etud.  Lipid.  Comp.  Fasc.  IV'.  p.  20  (1910)  (Maison 
Carree).  The  summer  form  holli  Ls  distinguished  by  the  fulvous  or  rufous  bemg 
reduced,  the  general  colour  being  darker  and  the  insect  much  smaller. 

gen.  vern.  areanioides. 

15  Masser  Muies,  May  1914,  Faroult. 

5  Oran,  April  1913,  "w.  R.  and  E.  H. 

4  Blida  les  Glacieres,  June  1908,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
20  Hammam  R'ihra,  May  1908-1913,  W.  R.,  E.  H.,  and  K.  J. 

2  Bou  Saada,  May  1912,  Faroult. 

gen.  aest.  holli. 

12  Environs  d'Alger,  July  1909-1910,  Captaiji  Holl  and  Dr.  Nissen. 
2  Leila  Ki-edidja,  July  1907,  Dr.  Nissen. 
42  Ain  Draham,  July— August  1909-1912,  Faroult. 

Dr.  Seitz,  believing  the  type  of  areanioides  to  have  been  a  specimen  of  the 
summer  generation,  renamed  the  spring  generation  major,  but  that  not  being 
the  case  this  name  cannot  stand. 

The  British  Museum  has  21  specimens  of  both  seasonal  forms  :  7  Algiers, 
Leech  coll.  ;  1  Algiers,  October  1874,  Hering  ;  1  Phillipeville,  April— May  1882- 
1884,  H.  J.  Elwes  and  J.  Merkl  ex  Elwes  coll.  ;  3  ?  ?  ex  Elwes  coll.  ;  1  Collo, 
Constantine  Frey  coll.  ;  1  Gibraltar,  1  Tangier,  3  Benzus  Bay,  Commander 
Walker  ex  Salvin  Godman  coll.  ;  3  Meade-Waldo.  Mr.  Meade-Waldo  says  in 
his  article  that  he  only  saw  this  insect  in  the  north,  and  quotes  Hawara,  April 
1901,  and  El  Mediar,  May  1901.  The  Tring  series  of  both  generations  consists 
of  103  specimens. 

Coenonympha  spec.  ? 

This  9  is  a  most  curious  insect,  and  I  should  at  once  describe  it  as  new 
only  above  it  is  exactly  like  a  very  pale  areanioides.  Below  it  differs  very  much  : 
the  ground  colour  of  forewing  Ls  orange  not  rufous,  the  buffy  yellow  line  before 
ocellus  has  become  a  broad  band  reaching  to  vein  2,  and  the  costal  region,  apex, 
and  termen  to  vein  2  are  greenish  bufF  ;  there  is  also  no  metallic  subterminal 
line  on  either  wing,  only  an  indistinct  silvery  line  of  dots  ;  the  ground  colour 
of  the  hindwings  Ls  bright  golden  olive  tinged  with  brown  not  maroon  washed 
with  dark  olive  ;  the  white  band  is  washed  with  buff  and  very  broad  ;  and  the 
ocelli  are  so  minute  as  to  be  almost  absent. 

1  ?  Foret  del  Akfadou,  June  1906,  Dr.  Nissen. 


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66.  Coenonympha  dorus  austauti  Oberth. 

Goenonympha  dorus  var.  austauti  Oberthur,  Etud.  d'Entom.  lirr.  vi.  p.  59  (1881)  (Xemours). 

Mr.  Oberthiir  remarks  that  the  ??  are  as  dark  and  highly  coloured  as  the 
(J(J.  I  have  some  certainly  which  are  like  (Jo  in  coloration,  but  also  I  find 
there  are  quite  as  many  females  as  pale  and  with  the  buff  quite  as  much  ex- 
tended over  the  wings  as  in  C.  fettigii  holU.  Jlr.  Oberthiir  also  remarks  that  he 
does  not  know  of  any  other  examples  in  collections  than  those  of  I\Ir.  Austaut 
from  Nemours.  This  is  not  wonderful,  for  no  one  has  since  then  collected  in 
the  coastal  districts  of  Western  Oranais  till  I  sent  Victor  Faroult  there  in  1914. 
63  Zoudj-el-Beghal.  E.  Morocco,  July  1914,  Faroult. 
37  Masser  Mines,  June  1914,  Faroult. 

5  Nedroma,  Oranai,'*,  June  1914,  Faroult. 

The  Tring  series  numbers  105  examples.  The  British  Museum  possesses 
2  specimens:  1  Nemours,  June — July.  Austant.  and  1  labelled  "Algeria"  but 
also  Nemours,  Austant  ex  Elwes  coll. 

1  o  at  Tring  is  almost  entirely  pale  buff  on  the  upper  surface. 


67.  Coenonympha  fettigii  fettigii  Oberth. 

Coenonympha  fettigii  Oberthur,  Pet.  Notn:  Entom.  vol.  i.  p.  412  (1874)  (Oran). 

We  never  found  this  msect  or  its  eastern  subspecies,  for  it  appears  later  in 
the  year  than  we  ever  stayed  in  Algeria.  It  appears,  moreover,  to  be  very  rare, 
as  we  have  received  only  5  of  the  western  and  15  of  the  eastern  form  at  Tring 
between  1908  and  1916. 

1  Masser  Mines,  June  1914,  Faroult. 

4  Les  Pins,  July — August  1915,  Rotrou. 

The  British  Museum  has  7  specimens  :  4  Meade-Waldo  ;  2  Morocco,  Leech 
coll.  ;  1  Sebdou,  1880-1882,  Dr.  Codet  ex  Elwes  coll.  Miss  Fountaine  records 
this  form  from  Sebdou,  June — July  1904. 

Jlr.  Meade- Waldo  in  his  article  gives  Imentalla,  July  1901,  and  says  that  was 
the  only  place  he  saw  it  at.  One  of  the  Les  Pins  specuuens  is  a  curious  aberra- 
tion:  the  fulvous  colour  is  replaced  by  dull  deep  rufous  above;  below,  on  the 
hindwings  all  markings  have  disappeared  except  the  submarginal  metallic  line, 
and  the  colour  is  uniform  olive  «ood  grey  ;  I  propose  to  call  this  ab.  infra- 
simplex  ab.  nov. 

All  my  5  examples  are  ??. 


67a.  Coenonympha  fettigii  holli  Oberth. 

■Coenonympha  fettigii  var.  holli  Oberthur,  Etud.  Entom.  Comp.  Fase.  IV>.  p.  42.  pi.  xlvii.  ff.  396,  397 
(1910)  (Blida  les  Glacieres). 

I  have  nothing  new  concerning  this  insect  ;  but  I  should  like  to  say  that 
I  know  of  no  previous  record  of  this  insect  from  the  neighbouriiood  of  Alger ;  all 
hitherto  recorded  have  been  from  Blida  les  Glacieres. 

6  Environs  d'Alger,  1908,  Captain  Holl  and  Dr.  Nissen. 

9  Blida  les  Glacieres,  July — August  1912,  Captain  Holl  and  Dr.  Nissen. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  119 

OS.  Coenonympha  pamphilus  lyllus  (Esper). 

Papilh  lyllus  Esper,  Schmeit.  vol.  i.  part  ii.  t.  122.  f.  1  (1777)  (?). 

In  the  Mediterranean  Region  the  form  lyllus  is  the  summer  generation,  the 
spring  generation  being  practically  indistinguishcable  from  typical  pamphilus. 
It  is  a  fact,  however,  that  in  typical  pamphilus  (type  locality,  Sweden)  of  North 
and  Central  Europe,  the  form  with  sandy  buif  hindwings  below  never  occurs  ; 
so  that  we  must  apply  the  name  lyllus  to  the  whole  form  from  the  Mediterranean 
Basin,  not  merely  to  the  third  generation. 

Mr.  Oberthiir  says  he  is  much  interested  in  pamphilus  and  its  forms  ;  in 
fact,  he  says  that  there  is  often  much  more  of  interest  connected  with  very 
common  insects  than  with  many  very  rare  and  high-priced  species,  I  heartily 
associate  myself  with  him,  and  wish  once  more  to  insist  that  the  only  waj'  to 
study  the  Natural  History  of  the  various  creatures  in  the  world  is  not  only  to 
try  to  collect  specimens  of  each  from  the  largest  possible  number  of  localities, 
but  also  to  get  together  as  many  as  possible  from  each  one  of  these  localities. 
Thus  only  shall  we  be  able  to  determine  not  only  the  status  of  each  species,  but 
also  the  various  local  races  and  individual  aberrations,  seasonal  and  sexual 
differentiations,  the  effect  of  heat,  cold,  damp,  or  dryness,  and  the  host  of  other 
influences  which  determine  the  amount  of  variation  within  each  species,  Mr, 
Oberthiir  points  out  that  in  Algeria  pamphilus  even  in  February  shows  the  grey 
on  the  hindwings  below  slightly  more  washed  with  3'ellow  than  in  Central  Euro- 
pean examples.  In  June  there  is  already  a  mixture  of  'pamphilust-Y\k.e  specimens 
and  true  lyllus,  as  well  as  complete  intermediates,  while  in  July  and  August 
only  lyllus  and  intermediate  specimens  occur.  The  aberrations  thyrsoides  Stdgr. 
and  margi7iata  Stdgr.  occur  most  frequently  in  the  $$s  ;  I  have  never  come 
myself  across  a  3  thyrsoides,  though  among  Faroult's  Masser  Mines  specimens 
are  several  (J  marginata. 

The  Tring  series  of  Mauretanian  examples  of  p.  lyllus  numbers  287. 
1  Tamarouth,  Morocco,  June  1904,  W.  Riggenbach. 
1  Truchan,  Morocco,  May  1904,  W,  Riggenbach. 

3  Rabat,  Morocco,  1914,  A.  Thery. 

26  Zoudj-et-Beghal,  Morocco,  July  1914,  Faroult. 

18  Masser  Mines,  June  1914,  Faroult. 

17  Tlemcen,  April  1913,  W,  R.  and  E.  H, 

4  Titen  Yaya,  May  1915,  Rotrou, 
1  Les  Pins,  July  1915,  Rotrou, 

13  Oran,  AprU  1913,  W.  R,  and  E,  H. 

5  Leila  Kredidja,  July  1907,  Dr.  Nissen, 

10  Hammam  R'ihra,  AprU— May  1908-1912,  W,  R,,  E,  H.,  and  K.  J. 
1  Djebel  Zaccar  above  MUiana,  July  1916,  Faroult. 

1  Teniet-el-Haad,  July  1905,  Dr,  Nissen, 

2  Berrouaghia,  AprU   1914,  Faroult. 
1  Boghar,  July  1905,  Dr.  Nissen, 

76  Guelt-es-Stei,  April   1913,  Faroult. 

1  Puits  Baba,  May  1913,  Faroult. 

1  Djelfa,  May  1913,  Faroult, 

1  Bou  Saada,  May  1912,  Faroult. 
27  Khenchcia,  May— June  1911-1912,  W,  R.,  K.  J.,  and  Faroult, 


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18  Batna,  April— May  1908-1909,  W.  K.,  E.  H.,  and  Nelva. 

5  Lambessa,  May  1909,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

8  Constantine,  May  1908,  W.  R.  and  E.  H. 

3  Sakamudi,  August  1912,  Faroult. 

2  Tizi  Ouzu,  June— July  ?  1914,  Faroult. 

1  Oued  Hamidou,  June  1912,  Faroult. 

5  Hamman  Meskoutine,  April  19U,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 

8  Souk  Ahras,  April  1914,  W.  R.  and  K.  J. 
18  Ain  Draham,  Tunisia,  July  1911,  Faroult. 

The  British  Museum  possess  15  Mauretanian  examples  of  p.  lylliis  :  8  Meade- 
Waldo  ;  2  Lambessa,  1  PhUippeville,  and  1  Batna,  May  1882,  H.  J.  Ehves  ; 
1  CoUo,  Constantine  Frey  coll.  ;  2  Kenchela,  April— May  1906,  Lord  Walsingham. 

Miss  Fountaine  records  this  form  from  Tlemcen  and  Sebdou,  June — July 
1904.  Mr.  Meade- Waldo  says  he  found  the  spring  brood  (pamfhilus  as  he  calls 
it)  in  May  in  North  Morocco  and  in  March  near  Rabat,  and  the  summer  brood 
(lyllus)  in  South  Morocco  and  up  to  10,000  ft.  in  the  Great  Atlas. 

I  break  off  here,  because  Mr.  Bethune  Baker  has  been  workuig  at  Lycaenidae 
and  has  made  some  important  discoveries  about  Algerian  species,  which  I  want 
to  include.  The  next  portion  of  this  supplement  therefore  will  commence  the 
Heterocera  ;  the  Lycaenidae  and  Hesperidae  will  follow  as  soon  as  j\Ir.  Bethune 
Baker's  paper  is  published. 

The  following  two  species  were  by  an  oversight  omitted  from  their  right 
order — 

69.  Coenonympha  vaucheri  Blach, 

Coenonympha  vaucheri  Blachier,  Bull.  Soc.  Entom.  France,  1905,  p.  213  (Moroccan  Atlas). 

This  species  has  only  been  taken  by  Mr.  Meade-Waldo  and  Mr.  Henri 
Vaucher  in  the  High  Atlas  of  Morocco. 

There  are  no  specimens  at  Tring  or  in  the  British  Museum. 

Mr.  Meade-Waldo  obtained  it  on  Tsauritz  Entsagauz  and  Tizi  Gcurza  in 
July  1901,  but  never  below  8,500  feet,  as  recorded  in  his  article. 

70.  Teracolus  physadia  (God.). 

Pierisphysadia  Godart,   Encyclop.    Method.  Hist.  Xat.   Entum.    vol.    ix.    p.    132.    No.    40   (1819 
{?1824))  (?). 

The  only  record  for  this  species  is  that  of  M.  de  Joannis,  who  informs  us 
it  was  taken  by  M.  R.  Chudcau  in  September  1905  at  Oued-el-Ghessour  (south 

of  Taman-Gasset)  and  Oued  Kadamellet. 

« 

To  avoid  confusion  I  would  state  that  where  after  Tring  Museum  specimen.s 
the  origin  Staudinger  is  placed,  it  infers  that  the  specimens  were  purchased 
from  Messrs.  Staudinger  &  Bang-Haas  of  Dresden. 

(To  he  continued.) 


XOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917.  121 

CHALCIDIDAE  OF  THE   SEYCHELLES   ISLANDS. 
By  L.  MASI. 
With  an  Appendix  by  J.  J.  Kieffer. 
(75  Figures.) 

[Note. — ^The  material  dealt  with  in  this  paper  forms  part  of  the  collections 
of  the  Percy  Sladen  Trust  Expedition  to  the  Western  Indian  Ocean  in  1905 
and  1908-9.  The  results  of  this  Expedition  have  hitherto  been  published  all 
together  in  one  work,  consisting  of  certain  special  volumes  of  the  Transactions 
of  the  Linnean  Society  of  London  :  five  of  these  are  already  complete  (Ser.  2, 
Zool.,  vols,  xii-xvi),  while  a  sixth  (vol.  xvii)  is  in  course  of  publication.  Cir- 
cumstances have,  however,  rendered  it  impossible  for  all  the  reports  to  appear 
in  the  Linnean  Society's  publications,  and  it  is  owing  to  the  kindness  of  the 
Editors  of  Novitates  Zoologicae  that  the  report  on  Chalcididae  is  printed  here. 

With  the  exception  of  two  specimens,  the  entire  collection  of  Chalcididae 
was  obtained  in  1908-9  in  the  mountainous  granitic  islands  of  the  Seychelles. 
In  most  of  the  groups  of  insects  from  those  islands  hitherto  investigated,  the 
bulk  of  the  species  and  specimens  collected  by  the  Expedition  were  taken  in 
the  very  peculiar  endemic  forests  which  remain  in  the  highest  mountains  at 
elevations  between  1,000  and  3,000  feet,  in  which  by  far  the  greater  part  of 
the  collector's  time  was  spent.  Among  the  Chalcidids,  however,  a  strikingly 
large  proportion  was  found  among  non-endemic  vegetation  at  lower  levels, 
particularly  in  the  narrow  cultivated  plains  and  small  marshes  which  fringe 
the  coasts  of  the  islands  in  certain  places.  The  only  Chalcidids  taken  in  any 
of  the  other  archipelagoes  visited  by  the  Expedition  are  the  two  examples 
referred  to  above,  i.e.  the  types  of  Hockeria  testaceitarsis  Cameron,  from  the 
coralUne  Cargados  Group,  and  of  Stilbula  insularis  Cameron,  from  an  atoll  in 
the  Chagos  Group  :  both  are  referred  to  below.  A  first  set  of  the  material, 
including  the  types  of  all  new  genera  and  species,  has  been  placed  in  the  British 
Museum. — Hugh  Scott.] 


INTRODUCTION. 

The  collection  of  Chalcididae  described  in  this  work  was  made  by  Mr.  Hugh 
Scott  in  the  Seychelles  Islands  during  the  second  half  of  1908  and  the  early 
part  of  1909  ;  it  consists  of  nearly  550  examples,  belonging  to  69  genera  and 
93  species.  The  genera  new  to  science  are  22  in  number,  and  the  .=pecies  which 
I  have  been  able  to  distinguisli  as  new  are  77  *  ;  but  there  are  3  species  of  which 
the  determination  is  doubtful,  and  7  that  remain  undetermined,  either  because 

*  The  description  and  diagrams  of  one  of  the  new  species,  Centrobia  maheneis,  vrere  made  some 
years  ago  by  Professor  Dr.  J.  J.  Kieffer.  They  have  not  previously  been  published,  but  now  appear 
in  an  appendix  at  the  end  of  this  work  (p.  2.30). 


122  .  KOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

they  are  represented  by  imperfect  specimens  or  because  they  belong  to  genera 
which  seem  to  me  to  demand  a  complete  revision.  Six  of  the  species  were 
cjrtainly  known  previously  from  other  countries  :  they  are  Hockeria  testaceitarsis 
Cameron,  discovered  in  the  Cargados  Islands  (about  150  miles  north-east  of 
Mauritius),  Coccophagus  eleapfiilus  Silvestri,  from  the  colony  of  Eritrea,  MeUttobia 
hawaiiensis  Perkins,  Tetrastichus  hagetiowii  (Ratz.),  Euplectrus  bicolor  (Swed.) 
Hal.,  and  Encoini/s  injelix  Embleton. 

Hitherto  onlj-  two  species  of  Chalcididae  were  known  from  the  Seychelles, 
a  Chalets  and  a  Tetrastichus.  The  former  was  collected  by  AUuaud  in  1892  and 
was  referred  by  Perez  with  some  hesitation  to  Chalcis  amenochs  Walker  ;  it 
does  not  seem  to  me  to  differ  from  the  species  which  I  describe  below  under 
the  name  Chalcis  sodalis.  The  Tetrastichus  is  T.  hagenotvii  (Ratz.),  a  parasite 
of  the  eggs  of  cockroaches,  very  widely  distributed  ;  it  is  represented  in  the 
material  under  review  by  numerous  examples,  and  the  original  types  of  the 
species  also  came  from  the  Seychelles. 

Mr.  Scott's  collection,  containing  many  new  genera,  and  genera  repre- 
sented by  a  single  species,  forms  the  material  for  a  valuable  contribution  to 
our  knowledge  of  the  C  halcididae,  and  I  much  regret  having  been  unable  to 
illustrate  all  the  forms  in  a  suitable  manner  :  those  which  are  represented  by 
few  examples,  or  by  a  single  example,  have  not  allowed  of  all  their  characteristic 
parts  being  figured  ;  moreover,  the  condition  of  international  relationships  has 
increased  the  difficulties  of  my  study  and  prevented  my  making  comparisons 
with  the  types  of  certain  forms. 

The  restricted  nature  of  our  knowledge  of  the  Chalcidic'ae  of  the  African 
fauna,  and  our  still  more  inadequate  acquaintance  with  those  of  the  Asiatic 
fauna,  do  not  at  present  admit  of  our  drawing  conclusions  from  the  results  of 
ray  work.  There  are  in  the  collection  three  species  \\hich  are  undoubtedly 
common  to  the  faunas  of  the  Sej'chelles  and  of  Europe,  namely,  Eucomys  infelix, 
Euplectrus  bicolor,  and  Tetrastichus  hagenomi ;  the  same  appears  to  apply  also 
to  two  others.  Tetrastichus  inunctus  (Nees)  Thorns.,  and  Leptomustix  histrio 
Mayr,  but  I  am  very  doubtful  as  to  the  exactitude  of  the  specific  determination 
of  these  latter. 

I  may  here  express  my  indebtedness  and  my  thanks  to  all  who  have  helped 
me  in  this  work,  and  especially  to  Messrs.  Hugh  Scott,  of  Cambridge  University, 
Waterston,  of  the  Imperial  Bureau  of  Entomology  (at  the  British  Jluseum), 
Silvestri  and  Grandi,  of  the  School  of  Agriculture  at  Portici,  and  Bouvier  and 
Lesne,  of  the  Museum  of  Natural  History  at  Paris.  I  may  also  express  my 
gratitude  to  the  Editors  of  Novitates  Zoologicae,  who  have  permitted  the 
publication  of  mj'  report  in  their  well-known  periodical. 

Mused  C:vico  di  Genova. 
20<A  September,  1916. 


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123 


Boll.  Labor.  Zool. 


Fam.  chalcididae. 

SuBFAM.  AGAONINAE. 
Gex.  Allotriozoon  Grandi. 

prt.  e  agr.  Portici,  vol.  x.  1910.  p.   182. 

1.  Allotriozoon  seychellense,  sp.  n.  (figs.   1, 


Femina.  Fulva,  dorso  et  antennarum  scapo  plus  minus  obscurioribus, 
papite  brunneo-aeruginoso,  vertice  fronteque  brunneis,  flagello  ultra  dimidium 
artieuli  septimi  infuscato,  alarum  nei'\'is  brunneo-griseis. 

Caput  antice  visum  modice  elongatum,  latitudine  dimidiam  longitudinem 
proportione  11:19  superante  ;  vertice  setis  paucis  longis  instrueto,  oculis  glabris, 
diametro  orbitali  niaiore  2/5  capitis  longitudinis  aequante  ;  faciei  area  media 
niarginibus  fere  parallelis  limitata  ;  lobis  oralibus  submedianis  apice  extus 
incisis ;  lobi  clypealis 
parte  prominente  longitu- 
cline  latiore,  lateribus 
parallelis  ;  processu  frontis 
clypeo  imposito  acute 
triangulari. 

Mandibulae  superne 
bicostulatae,  dente  vali- 
diore  armatae,  prope 
huius  basim  denticulis  in 
margine  orali  circa  7, 
minimis,  instructae, 
quibus  4  vix  maiores  in 
dimidio  basali  dentis  se- 
quuntur ;  processus  lanii- 
naris  latitudine  sua  magis 
quam  septies  longior, 
latere  interiore  conspieue 
dentato-spinoso,  supcrficie 
ventrali  denticulis  in  serie 
transversa  8-9,  seriebus 
denticulorum  circa  SO. 

Scapus  latitudine  duplo  longior,  postice  sat  fortiter  cuivatus,  antice  pilis 
nonnullis  instructus  ultraque  medium  longitudinis  brevi  spatio  recte  marginatus. 
Flagelli  articulus  tertius  lobum  formans  conspicuum,  apice  rotundatum,  quam 
articulum  praecedentem  sesquilongicrem  ;  articulus  quartus  secundo  fere 
aequilongvis  ;    quintus  et  sextus  latitudine  sesquilongiores  :    Septimus  brevier  ; 

*  Nomenclatura,  qua  in  descriptionibus utar,  ab  ilia  Thomsoni  ("  Hymenoptera  Scandinaviae") 
parum  diSerens,  eadem  est  quae  in  descriptioiiibus  meis  jam  ante  editis.  (Vide  in  Boll.  Labor, 
Zool.  gen.  e  agr.^  Portici,  vol.  i.  1907.  p.  231 — et  Ann.  Miiseo  Civ.  Oerrova,  vol.  vii.  (3.)  1916.  p.  55.) 
Pars  praeaxillaris  mesonoti  =  mesonotum  auctoruni  quorundam,  id  est  pars  mesothoracis  dorai 
quae,  scapularum  sulcis  carens,  in  scapulas  et  scutum  non  est  divisa.  Metanotum  =  prosoma,  id 
est  tergitum  segmenti  primi  abdoniinalis.  Praestigma  =  proalarum  subcostae  pars  ascendens, 
quae  nervum  marginalem  attiugit,  quo  a  nervo  stigmatico  separatur.  Xervus  stigmaticus  =  n, 
radialis. 


^^..^v^^^""^ 


Fig,   1. — Allotriozoon  seychellense,  $. 

1.  caput  ftutice  visiim  fx  35);  2,  maudibulae  (sino  lamina)  bitus  dorsale(X  100); 
3,  antennae  scapus  et  flagelli  artieuli  1.-5.  (X  88);  4,  [iroalae  nerri  (X  50 — pili  iii 
superficie  non  delineati). 


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NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917. 


Fig.  2. — Allotriozoon  seyckellenae,  $. 

1,  proala  (x  17);  2,  mandibula  (X  58);  3,  dentps  laminae  mandibularis  ad 
mediam  huias  loDgitadinem  (x  112). 


nonus   et   decimus,    clavae    pertinentibus,    subquadrati  ;     ultimus   praecedentc 
fere  duplo  longior. 

Proalae  diiplam  latitudinem  longitudine  vix  attingeiites,  angulo  posteriore 
late  rotundato,  fere  truncato,  margine  externo  subrecto  ;  celJuIa  costali  quam 
nervo  niarginali  triplo  longiore  et  huius  longitudinem  cum  postmarginalis  rudi- 
mento    simul    sumptam    duplo    superante.     Alae    metathoracis    latere    postieo 

angulum  obtusissimum  vix 
rotundatum  fingentes, 

latitudine  maxima  ad 
hamulos,  banc  fere  quin- 
tuplo  longitudine  super- 
antes,  scilicet  proportione 
9:2;  pilis  marginis  an- 
tici  dimidio  quam  postici 
brevioribus. 

Tarsus    pedum    anti- 
corum    duplam     tibiae 
longitudinem  superans 
proportione  5  :  2,  articulo 
primo,    itemque    articulis 
tribus   sequentibus    simul 
sumptis,   tibiae   aequilon- 
gis,  his  ultimis  latere  inte- 
riore  dimensis.     Pedes  postici  tibia  magis  quam  dupla  eius  latitudine  longiore, 
denteque  apicali  obtuso  munita  ;   tarso  duplam  tibiae  longitudinem  superante, 
articulo  primo  seeundo  cum  tertio,  itemque  tibiae,  aequilongo. 
Oviductus  abdominis  longitudinem  aequans. 
Long.  1,4—1,6  mm. 
Mas  ignotus. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :    Cascade  Estate. — Silhouette  :    "  Mare  aux  Cochons,  about 
1,000  ft.  ;    some  of  the  specimens  came  to  the  lamp  at  night,  in  the  hut  where 
I  camped  during  part  of  August  and  September,  1908  "  (H.  Scott).* 
Specimina  tredecim,  pauca  integra. 

Adn.  Generi  AUotriozoonti,  quod  Grandi  (I.e.)  nuper  instituit,  species  duae, 
eiusdem  auctoris,  A.  prodigiosum  et  heterandromorphvm,  pertinebant,  quas 
Silvestri  in  regionibus  litoralibus  Africae  occidentalis  septentrionalis  invenit  : 
his  species  seychellensis  nunc  intermedia  cjuasi  accedit.  prodigioso  tamen  affinior. 
A  quo  praecipue  differt  capite  minus  angustato.  lobo  clypeali  aliter  formate 
et  A.  heterandroviorpho  similiore,  mandibula  sicut  in  hac  specie  uiicinato-dentata, 
lamina  mandibulari  denticulorum  seriebus  minus  numerosis,  circa  triginta, 
instructa  (in  j/rodigioso  48-52,  in  heterandromorpho  20-22),  proalis  latioribiis 

Gen.  Blastophaga  (Jravenliorst. 
(Kradibia  Saunders.) 
2.  Blastophaga,  sp. 

FemiTW.  Piceo-brunnca,    antcnnis,    pectore    pedibusque    flavo-griseis,    alis 
decoloribus  at  parura  diaphanis.  ncrvis  brunneis  ;    prcnoto  grosse,  confertim, 
*  See  Trane.  Linn.  Hoc.  xiv.   1910,  bottom  of  p.  26. 


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125 


punctato,  pilosulo  ;  oviductu  dimidiam  abdominis  longitiidinem  fere  aequante. 
Long.  1.4  mm. 

Specimen  iinicum  ad  Mahe  captum  (Mare  avix  Cochons).  Antennarum 
articuli  usque  ad  quinttim  tantum  extant. 

Adn.  Specie.s  haec.  cui  propter  colorem  et  nervum  postmarginalem  valde 
elongatum,  similitude  est  quaedam  Kradibiae  cowani  Saund.,  non  amplius 
describere  potui,  quum  sit  specimen  imicum.  antennarum  flagello  toto  carens, 
corpora  deformato. 


Gen.  Crossogaster  Mayr. 
3.  Crossogaster  atratus,  sp.  n.  (fig.  3). 

Femina.  Nigra,  nitida  ;  oeulis  nigro-brunneis  ;  scapo  ac  pedicello  fulvis  ; 
funiculo  cum  clava,  subcostae  parte  ascendente,  nervo  marginali  et  stigmatico 
versus  apicem,  flavo-fuscis  ;  nervi  marginalis  basi,  stigmatici  parte  angustiore 
et  alarum  lamina  hyalinis ;  metanoti  margine  postico,  pedibus  cum  coxis,  ab- 
dominisque  latere  ventrali,  fulvis  ;  abdominis  dorso  leniter  cupreo,  basi  subviridi  ; 
oviductu  nigro. 

Caput  antice  visum  subquadratum.  latitudine  longius  propcrtione  21  :  19, 
ad  OS  paullum  minus  quam  in  vertice  latum,  angulis,  praecipue  inferioribus, 
rotundatis,  ocelUs  externis  spatio  duplo  quam  ab 
ocuUs  inter  se  remotis,  genis  sulco  impressis 
raargini  laterali  capitis  parallelo,  clypeo  retracto, 
1/3  faciei  latitudinis  aequante,  extus  recte  ter- 
minato,  in  medio  margine  inciso.  Faciei  super- 
ficies punctis  nonnullis  sparsim  impressa. 

Antennae  in  linea  oculari  ad  mediam  capitis 
lougitudinem  insertae,  scapo  ocellum  baud  at- 
tingente,  pedicello  triplo  longiore  quam  latiore, 
anneUo  minimo.  articido  primo  funiculi  fere  an- 
nuUformi,  quam  sequentibus  dimidio  breviore, 
his  aequalibus,  vix  tran.sversis,  dimidiam  pedi- 
celli  longitudinem  aequantibus,  clava  quam 
articufis  duobus  praecedentibus  paullum  longiore, 
distincte  in  articulos  tres  subaequales  divisa. 

Thorax  capite  longior  proportione  9  :  7,  vix  angustior,  depressus,  pihs 
nonnullis  perlongis  instructus  quam  verticis  magis  eloiigatis  ;  scuto  2/5  thoracis 
latitudinis  hand  longiore  ;  sulcis  scapularum  et  axillarum  vix  conspicuis  ;  scu- 
tello  semielliptico,  quadrisetoso,  eius  margine  anteriore  quam  posteriore  scuti 
parum  latiore  ;  dorsello  arcuato  lineari  ;  metanoto  baud  brevi,  medio  sulcato  ; 
metapleura   subtiUter  sulcato-reticulata,   callo   parce  at   longe   pilosulo. 

Proalae  postcosta  4-5-setosa,  nervo  marginali  islurisetcso  baud  tenui, 
latitudine  1/8  longitudinis  aequante,  quam  cellula  costali  breviore  proportione 
3  ;  8,  quam  nervo  stigmatico  fere  duplo  longiore ;  hoc  subarcuato  ;  post- 
marginali  fere  nullo  ;  lamina  linea  obliqua  pilorum,  ad  medium  nervi  stigmatici 
ineipiente,  in  partem  basalem  glabram  et  apicalem  parce  pilosam  divisa. 

Femora  antica  et  postica  aequaliter  dilatata  ;  tibiae  iJosticae  prope  calcar 
spina  brevi,  crassa,  instructae. 

Abdomen,   praeter  oviductum,  paullum  thorace  longius,   baud  angustius, 


Fig.  3. — Crossogaster  atratus,  $. 

1,  caput  antice  visum;  2,  idem  de  latere; 

3.  ala  anterior;  (x  27). 


126  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917 

latitudine  fere  duplo  longius,  ellipticum,  depressiim,  segmentorum  marginibus 
dorsalibus  aspectu  crenulatis  et  medio  hand  profiinde  angidatim  incisis  ;  valvida 
ventrali  setosa  ;    oviductu  hand  curvato,  2/9  abdomini.s  longitudinis  aeqiiaiite. 

Long.  1,9  nini. 

Habitat.  Mahe :  "among  scrubby  endemic  forest  vegetation,  at  top  of 
Mount  Sebert,  nearly  2,000  ft.  i.-1909,"  ubi  Pandani  frcquentes. 

Specimen  unicum. 

Adn.  Huic  generi  duae  .species  pcrtinebant,  C.  trifonnis  !Mayri  et  C.  silvestrii 
Grandii,  ilia  in  Sokotra  insula,  haec  in  Senegal  inventa  et  ab  auctore  nuper 
descripta  {Boll.  Labor.  Zool.  gen.  e  agr.,  Portici,  x.  1916.  p.  253).  C.  triformem  a 
specie  seychellensi  facile  dignoscas  capite  thoracecjue  obscure  viridibus,  ab- 
domine  fere  toto  brunneo,  flageUi  articulo  tertio  sequentibus  conforrai,  oviductu 
longiore.  C.  silvestrii  praecipue  differt  corporis  colore  castaneo-fidigineo, 
capite,  antice  inspecto,  ad  os  angustato,  pedicello  crassiore,  nerve  stigmatico 
magis  attenuato,  oviductu  breviore. 

SuBFAM.  TORYMINAE. 

Gen.  Sycoryctes  Mayr. 

4.  Sycoryctes  sebertianus,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Aenea,  thoracis  lateribus  et  capite  leniter  auratis,  hoc  infra  anten- 
narum  radiculas  pallide  flavo,  vertice  subviolaceo  ;  thoracis  dorso  cuprescente  ; 
terebrae  valvis  nigris ;  scape  obscure  aeneo,  fiagello  nigro-bnuineo  ;  coxis 
atque  fenioribus  fuscis,  tarsis  omnibus  tibiisque  anticis  totis  fulvis,  tibiis  po- 
sterioribus  basi  fulvis  versus  apicem  sensim  infuscatis  ;  vertice  transversim 
strigoso  ;  antennis  ab  ore  1/4  capitis  longitudinis  reniotis,  scapo  ocelhim  attin- 
gente,  pedicello  conico,  latitudine  vix  longiore,  annello  brevissimo,  funiculi 
articulis  aequilongis,  prime  quani  pedicello  parum  crassiore,  aeque  lengo  atque 
late,  ultimo  longitudine  latiore  proportione  5  :  3,  clava  distincte  triarticulata, 
articulis  duobus  praecedentibus  aequilonga  ;  mesonoti  parte  praeaxillari  minute 
reticulata,  pronoto  atque  scutello  etiam  magis  minute  insculptis,  epistemis 
laevibus,  politis,  nietapleura  subtiliter,  confertissime,  transversim  striata. 

Long.  2,6  mm.,  oviductus  3  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :  "from  scrubbj-  endemic  forest  vegetation  at  sumn:it  of 
Mount  Sebert,  about  1,800  ft.,  i.-1909."      ■ 

Specimen  unicum. 

Gen.  Podagrion  Spinola. 
5.  Podagrion  terebrator,  sp.  n.  (fig.  4). 

Femina.  Capite  thoraceque  viridibus,  oculis  oeellisque  rufo-brunneis,  genis 
frontecjue  plus  minus  auratis,  mesothoraeis  lateribus  pro  parte  cyaneis.  meta- 
pleura,  coxis  posticis,  feniorum  posticorum  latere  intcriore,  abdominis  latere 
dorsali,  obscure  cyaneo-viridibus,  parte  reliqua  abdominis,  pedibus  anticis 
mediisque,  femoris  postici  basi  et  apice,  antennarum  scapo  et  pedicello,  fulvis, 
hoc  ultimo  fusco-maculato,  funicule  flavo-brunneo,  clava  fusca,  proalis  fere 
limpidis,  nervis  fuscis,  tegulis  brunneis. 

Caput  minute  reticulatum,  areolis  temporum  maioribus.  Annellus  duplo 
latior  quam  longior  ;   funiculi  articulus  primus  latitudine  sua  fere  sesquilongior, 


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Fig.  4. — Podagrion  terebrator,  $. 

1,  antenna  (x  27);  2,  femur  posticum  de 

latere  interiore  inspectum  (x  23). 


sequentes  sensim  crassiores  atque  breviores,  ultimi  duo  tamen  aequilongi,  articulus 
quintu.s  quadratu.s,  sextus  longitudine  parum  latior,  Septimus  huius  latitudinem 
conspicue  superans.  Clava  longitudinem  articulorum  quinque  praecedentium 
aequans,  de  supra  inspecta  quam  articulus  sextus  latior. 

Mesosternum  et  mesopleura  strigis  notata  reticulum  formantibus,  in  parte 
posteriore  mesopleurae  fere  obsoletum.  Meta- 
pleura  subtiliter  reticulato-sulcata,  prope  latus 
ventrale  anteriusque  areolis  minoribus,  sulcis 
fortius  impressis  limitatis,  insculpta.  Metanotum 
carinis  duabus  ex  puncto  medio  anteriore  diver- 
gentibus,  ramulos  duos  emittentibus  jjarallelo.s, 
quorum  externus  ad  partem  lateralem,  internus 
ad  dorsalem  abdominis  basis,  desinentes. 

Femur  posticum  longitudine  duplam  altitu- 
dinem  paullo  superans  (proportione  20  ;  9)  denti- 
bus  circa  septem  munitum. 

Segmentum  abdominale  primum  laeve,  secundum  sparsim  atque  minutissime 
punctatum,  tertium  et  quartum  sulcis  tenuissimis  minute  reticulata,  quintum 
sculptura  etiam  reticulata,  at  areolis  transversis. 

Long.  3,5  mm.,  oviductus  3  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :  Cascade  Estate,  etc. — Silhouette  :  Mare  aux  Cochons. 
"At  elevations  of  about  1,000  ft." 

Specimina  quatuor. 

SuBFAM.  CHALCIDINAE. 
Gen.   Chalcis  Fabricius. 
6,  Chalcis  lepida,  sp.  n.  (fig.  5). 

Femina.  Nigra,  scapo  rufo-brunneo  versus  apicem  lutescente,  pedicello 
obscure  luteo,  funiculi  articulis  ultimis,  clava  pro  parte,  labro  et  mandibulis 
rufis  ;  interdum  his  partibus  totis  nigris.  Femora  antica  dimidio  basali  vel 
fere  tota,  intermedia  praeter  apicem,  plus  minus  nigricantia,  reliquo  spatio 
lutea  ;  tibiae  anteriores  fere  omnino  luteae  vel  rufae,  interdum  nigrae  ;  femur 
posticum  apice  extus  luteo,  vel  rufo  et  luteo  maculato  ;  tibiae  posticae  latu.s 
exterius,  praeter  partem  tertiam  basalem  et  maculam  apicalem  lateri  posteriori 
propinquam  luteas,  grisescenti-rufum,  saepius  tamen  in  tertio  medio  nigrum, 
latus  anterius  semper  nigrum,  interius  rufum  et  basi  interdum  flavescens.  Tarsi 
flavo-albidi,  apice  brunnei.     Tegulae  flavae.     Alae  limpidae,  nei'vis  fuscis. 

Altitudinis  capitis  ad  latitudinem  proportio  7  :  10,  latitudinis  frontis  ad 
capitis  1  :  2.  Oculi  magni,  valde  convexi,  ex  latere  inspecti  ovales,  lati,  dia- 
metro  verticali  spatium  interorbitalem  fere  aequante.  Ocelli  posteriores  ab 
anteriore  magis  quam  ab  oculis  remoti.  Carina  praeorbitahs  praesens.  Faciei 
alveoli  contigui,  quam  dorsi  minores.  Antennae  nonnihil  sub  linea  oculari 
insertae,  a  clypeo  parum  remotae  ;  flagello  altitudinem  capitis  longitudine  vix 
superante  ;  annello  bene  discreto,  duplo  latiore  quam  longiorc  ;  funiculi  articulo 
prinio  latitudine  sua  sesquilongiore,  4.  et  5.  quadratis  ;  clavae  articulo  secundo 
quam  primo  maiore,  aeque  longo  atque  lato,  apice  obtuso,  saepe  post  mortem 
immerso. 

Thorax  brevis,  altus,  de  latere  inspectus  dorso  piano,  scuteUo  vix  prominente^ 


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raetanoto  dimidio  angulo  recto  decli\'i.  Seutelli  margo  apicalis  integer.  Meta- 
thoracis  latera  liaud  dcntata  ;  inetapleurac  aiitice  linea  verticali  liniitatae. 
Alveoli  dorsi,  praecipue  super  scutum,  baud  eontigui,  in  din.idio  posteriore 
seutelli  sensiiii  versus  apicem  maiores  ;    spatia  interposita  scabra. 

Femora  secundi  paris  pedum  item  atque  prin  i  ad  medium  crassiora. 
Femora  postiea  fere  duplo  longiora  quam  latiora,  interne   tuberculo  instructa, 

margine  ventrali  dentibus  decern  vel  duodecim, 
apicc  obtusis,  munito,  quorum  sex  primi  spatio 
inter  se  remoti  eorum  latitudincm  aequante,  pri- 
musque  ceteris  maior  ;  superficie  interna  externaque 
baud  nitidis,  hac  quum  satis  vitro  aucta,  sulcis 
subtilibus  minutissime  reticulata,  in  angulis  reticuli 
punctis  satis  conspicuis  impressa,  sat  dense  pilosula. 
■    ■  '*  '^    '  "'         Coxae   posticae   superficie   externa   nitida,    lineolis 

Femur  posbicum  (x  27). 

tantum  sulcata  subtilibus.  undulatis,  quibus  reticu- 
lum eflficitur ;  superficie  inferiore  crebre  foveolis  rotundis  impressa.  quarum 
distantia  ipsarum  diamctrum  paullum  superat. 

Abdominis  segmenta  praeter  basale  minutissime  granulosa,  punctis  pibferis 
sparsis ;  tergitum  sextum  foveis  rotundis  fere  totum  insculptum.  Pili  in 
segmentis  3.-6.,  nee  non  in  lateribus  segmenti  secundi,  frequentes. 

Long.   3-3,5  mm. 

Mas  feminae  simiUs. 

Habitat.  "  Seychelles,  mostly  from  cultivated  country  at  low  elevations. 
Silhouette  :  coconut-planted  coast  at  Pointe  Etienne,  ix.  1908. — Mahe :  from 
Port  Victoria  and  other  localities  in  the  low  country,  also  from  Cascade  Estate 
at  1,000  ft. — Anonyme  Island  (a  cultivated  islet  near  Mahe). — Dennis  Island 
(an  outlying  coral-island)." 

Specimina  :    $$  quindecim,  cJ  unus. 

Adn.  Diagnosin  invenire  cpiae  huic  Ghalcidi  bene  conveniat  iitqueo,  quare 
]5ro  nova  habeo.  Species  femorum  posticorum  colore  atque  sculptura  scutelUque 
apicc  non  inciso  siniilis  est  Chalcidi  vicinae  Walk.,  at  differt  femorum  denticulie  ; 
colore  autem  speciei  cuidani  syriacae,  ineditae,  accedit,  nee  non  Chalcidi  quam 
dr.  Mori  Gassidae  vittatae  parasitam  in  Italia  invenit.* 

7.  Chalcis  sodalis,  sp.  n.  (fig.   6). 

Chalcis  amenocles  P6rez,  Ann.  Soc.  ent.  Fr.  vol.  Ixiv.   1895.  p.  211,  212  [jorte]. 

Femina.  Nigra,  scapo  in  dimidio  inferiore  grisescenti-luteo  macula  alba 
oblonga  notato  ;  proaUs  baud  infumatis,  subcosta  usque  ad  praestigma  grisea, 
nervis  reliquis  brunneis  ;  pedibus  nigro.  albo  et  rubro  variis  ;  femoribus  anticis 
in  dimidio  basali,  mediis  fere  totis,  nigris,  colore  hoc  ab  albido  partis  rehquae 
linea  obliqua  distincte  separato  ;  tibiis  anticis  in  tertio  medio  vel  paullo  an^plius 
rufis,  parte  basali  et  apicali  albis  linea  niarginis  anterioris  etiam  alba  coniunctis  ; 
tibiis  secundi  paris  in  tertio  medio  nigris.  reliquo  spatio  albis  ;  pedibus  posticis 
coxis  nigris,  femoribus  rubris,  horum  macula  apicali  alba  1/4  longitudinis  occu- 
pante,  tibiis  albis,  in  tertio  medio  fere  toto  et  basi  nigro-maculatis,  vel  in  his 
partibus  rubris,  in  latere  anteriore  nigris  ;  tarsis  omnibus  fid'V'is,  apice  fuscis, 
tegulis  et  pilis  albis. 

*  In  feraoria  figura  dens  quartus  structura  anomala  duplicatua  apparet. 


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Caput  carinis  genali,  praeorbitali  atque  teniporali  continuis,  faciei  dimidio 
inferiore  geni.sque  dense  argenteo-pilosis,  spatio  frontis  inter  orbitam  et  foveam 
antennaleni  articulum  primum  funiculi  aequantc.  Articulus  hie  et  sequens 
quadrati,  Septimus  longitudine  sua  fere  duplo  latior.  Flagelli  pili  frequentes, 
in  latere  ventrali  articulorum  baud  longiores. 

Tborax  sat  robustus.  Scutellum  apice  bilobatum.  Metathorax  de  latere 
inspectus  dorso  paruni  declivi,  dente  latorali  posteriore  modice  elevato,  obtuso. 
Epicneniia  juxta  latus  anterius  seriatim  alveolata,  reliquo  spatio  laevia. 

Sculptura  capitis  dorsique  praeter  scutellum  et  dimidium  seuti  apicale, 
minuta,  foveolis  confertis  constans  ;  scuti  pars  dimidia  posterior  et  scutellum 
totum  foveolis  notata  magnis,  interdum  inaequalibus,  nee  satis  contiguis. 

Coxarum   posticarum    latus   inferius   fortiter  punctatum,  foveolis   minora 
spatio   quam  ipsarum   diametro  inter  se  remotis.     Femoris  postici  longitude 
duplam  eius   altitudinem  vix  aequans  ;   superficies  externa  minute  reticulato- 
sulcata,  profunde  punctulata  ;  denies  10-11,  quorum 
sex  primi  longiusculi,  acuti,  3.,  4.  et  5.  spatio  eorum 
altitudinem   baud  superante  inter  se  remoti,   tres, 
vel  quatuor,  ultimi  parvi,  coalescentes. 

Abdominis  segmentum  primum  pobtum,  seg- 
menta  reliqua  confertim  et  minute  reticulato- 
squamosa  ;    tersitum    sextum    foveolis  insculptum 

.    ,  ^.  n    .   •      1-  1         -.L     ,•       1-  Fia.  6.— Chalets  aodalie,  Q. 

inter  se  remotis,  quarum  S-i  in  iinea  ionsitudinaJi  _  ,.       ,    „, 

'    ^  o  Femur  posticum  (x  16). 

numerantur.      Segmentum    secundum   pilis    paucis 

ornatum,  tertium  et  sequentia  pilis,  praecipue  in  lateribus,  numerosis. 

Long.  5,5  mm. 

Mas.  Pedibus  anticis  meciisque  magis  quam  in  femina  iiigro  pictis,  tibia 
antica  in  latere  externo  nigro-maculata,  apice  flavo-brunnea  ;  femoris  postici  2/3 
anterioribus  nigro-maculatis  ;  abdominis  tergito  sexto  confertim  foveolato,  stern- 
itis  coxisque  aeque  punctulati?,  sternito  secundo  inter  foveolas  minute  granuloso. 

Long.  3,5  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :  Cascade  E.state. — Silhouette:  Mare  aux  Cochons.  "At 
elevations  of  about  1,000  ft." 

Adn.  Haee  una  est  ex  multis  Chalcidum  speciebus  nigro,  rubro  et  albo 
pictis,  Africae  pertinentibus,  quae,  meo  judicio,  non  possunt  dignosci  nisi  femoris 
postici  altitudo  ac  longitudo,  huiusque  et  tergiti  sexti  sculptura  examinentur  ; 
quod  auctores  in  eis  describendis  neglexerunt.  Specimen  seycliellense  ab  Alluaud 
apud  Mahe  captum,  a  Perez  Chalcidi  amenocli  Walk,  non  sine  haesitatione 
relatum,  quod  ex  Museo  Parisiensi  dr.  Bouvier  mihi  liberaliter  misit,  cum  mare 
nunc  descripto  comparavi  et  eidem  speciei  attribuendum  aestimavi,  quamquam 
maiori  statura,  femoribus  posticis  baud  nigro-maculatis,  anterioribus  veio 
usque  ad  1/3  apicalem  nigris,  differret. 

Specimina  duo  ??,  unum  S- 

Gen.  Anacryptus  Kirby. 

(Chalcitella  West  wood  ?). 

8.  Anacryptus  insidiosus,  sp.  n.  (fig.  7). 

Femina.  Castaneo-rufa,  brunneo  et  nigro  varia,  oculis  brunneis,  alis  hyalinis, 
nervis  pallide  flavo-griseis.     Plerumque  his  partibus  nigricantibus  :    occipite, 
9 


130  NOVITATES    ZoOLOGirAE    XXIV.     1017. 

scuto  et  scutello,  scapulis  totis  vel  tantum  prope  scutum,  axilli.s,  mesothoraeis 
lateribus,  metapleurae  parte  inferiore,  metanoto,  coxi.'^  posticis  superne.  petiolo 
et  abdominis  dor.so.  Tegulis,  genubus  anterioribus.  interdum  pedibus  anteiic- 
ribus  totis,  scapo  punctoque  in  parte  postica  metapleurae,  obscure  luteis ; 
funiculi  articulis,  nee  non  elavae  articulo  primo,  apice  nigro-annulatis.  rare  clava 
tota  et  funiculo  fere  toto  nigris. 

Caput  aeque  longum  atquo  latum,  facie  Icnitcr  convexa,  scrobe  fere  nulla. 
Antennae  flagello  quam  scapo  fere  duplo  longiore,  hcc  2/3  capitis  Icrgituc'inis 
aequante,  annello  quadrato,  funiculi  articulo  primo  quam  annello  duplo  latiore, 
reliquis  longitudine  parum  latioribus,  clava  apice  acuto.  Icngitudine  articulos 
2J  praecedentes  aequante  ;    sensillis  articulis  aequilongis. 

Dorsum  pilis  subtilioribus  ornatum,  scuto  superficie  tota  alveolate.  Scu- 
tellum  apice  rotundato-truncato.  Metapleura  alveolis  impressa  contiguis,  magnis, 
fundo  seabris,  forma  hexagona  vel  pentagona,  pilis  instructis  eorum  diametro 
aequilongis. 

Coxarum  posticarum  latus  dorsale  fere  totum  transverse  et  concinne  strigu- 
losum,  strigis  interdum  confluentibus,  extus  et  in  parte  basali  foveolis  magnis 
rotundatis  impressum  ;  latus  exterius  toto  spatio  foveolis 
notatum  rotundis,  aequalibus.  Femora  antica  sub- 
clavata,  intermedia  dimidio  basali  ctiam  magisattenuata, 
dimidio  apicali  conspicue  incrassata. 

Petiolus   scapo   aequilongus,  2/3  coxarum    longitu- 

dinis  vix  superans,    dimidium  abdominis   fere  aequans, 

in   latere    superiore    niinutissime    sulcato-reticulatus   et 

Fig   7  —Anacrupius         carina  instruetus  longitudinali  mediana  parum  conspicua, 

inaidioaus,  ?.  carinis  submedianis  fere  obsoletis  ;   de  latere  inspectus 

Femur  posticum  cum  tibia         Carinas  quinque  ostendens. 

Abdomen  altitudine  3/5  longitudinis    aequans,  seg- 
mento  primo  4/5  totius  longitudinis  occupante,  superficie  niinutissime  et  con- 
fertim  punctulata. 
Long.  3-4,5  mm. 
Mas  feminae  similis. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :    Ca.scade  Estate  ("at  about  1,000  ft."). 
Specimina  duodecim. 

Gex.  Hockeria  Walker. 
9.  Hockeria  fulvipes,  sp.  n.  (fig.  8). 

Femitia.  Nigra,  capite  thoraceque  subnitidis,  abdomine  nitido  ;  antennis 
usque  ad  articulum  secundum  funiculi,  tegulis  ac  pedibus  praeter  eoxas,  fulvis, 
parte  reliqua  flagelli  nigra  apice  grisescente ;  proalis  flavo-griseis,  macula  albida 
antice  mox  pone  nervum  stigmaticum  ornatis,  pcnc  2/5  longitudinis  usque  ad 
1/5  apicalem  fuscis,  spatio  hoc  tamen  versus  marginem  posticum  minus  obscuro  ; 
metapleura  inferne  et  metanoto  versus  apicem  pilis  albis,  sericeis,  sat  longis, 
instructis  ;  pedum  posticorum  coxa  interdum  apice  rufa,  femore  praeter  bnsim 
et  latus  dorsale  plus  minus  nigricantc,  tibia  in  latere  anteriore  nigra. 

Capitis  longitude  3/4  latitudinis  aequans,  latitude  frontis  diametro  maiori 
brbitarum  aequilonga.  Oculi  glabri.  Ocelli  ab  oculis  distantes  spatio  quam 
eorum    diametro    paullo    maiore.     Lobus   inter   antennarum    insertiones   com- 


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pressus  semicircularis,  conspicue  prominens.  Forma  capitis  ex  latere  inspeeti 
ovata,  crassitie  longitudini  orbitae  aequilonga.  Genae  hand  curvatae,  vestigio 
carinae  longitudinalis.  Sciilptura  totiu.s  capitis  foveolis  constans  contiguis. 
Fovea  antennalis  1/3  frontis  occupans,  fundo  ininutissime  .sulcato-reticulato, 
areolis  transversis.  Scapus  hand  robustus,  subrectus,  vix  perspicue  reticulatus, 
in  dimidio  basali  niinime  incrassatus,  apice  leniter  compresso-dilatatus  ;  pedi- 
callus  latitiidine  magis  quam  duplo  longior  ;  annellus  vix  longior  quani  latior 
et  longitudine  dimidiuni  pedicelli  aequans  ;  funiculi  artieulu.s  primus  pedicello 
aequilongus,  ceteri  gradatim  breviores,  Septimus  latitudine  sua  parum  longior, 
quam  clava  fere  duplo  brevior  ;  haec  articulis  constans  tribiis  subaequalibus, 
vix  discretis. 

Scutelli  pars  postaxillaris  in  dimidio  anteriore  marginibus  acutis  rectis 
parallelisque  limitata,  in  posteriore  margine  etiam  acuto,  semicirculari,  apice 
dentibus  duobus  plus  minus  obtuse  triangularibus  munito.  Sculptura  dorsi 
foveolis  constans  satis  regulariter  ordinatis,  interstitiis  angustis  separatis  ; 
superficies  tota  sulcato-reticulata,  sulcis  foveolanim  fundum  et  interstitia  occu- 
pantibus.  Metathorax  lateribus  omnino  inermibus,  metanoti  area  mediana 
rhomboidaU  valde  elongata,  eiusque  partibus  externis  reticulato-rugosis,  rugis 
versus  costam  transversam  anteriorem  crebris,  obliquis,  areolas  elongatas 
limitantibus.  Epicnemium  margine  anteriore  et  posteriore  nitidis  ;  spatium 
reUquum  mesothoracis  lateris  in  parte  superiore  foveolis  nonnuEis  rotundatis 
ante  marginem  metapleurae  impressum,  in  parte  inferiore  laeve,  nitens. 

Pedes  baud  robusti.  Femur  posticum  crassum,  longitudine  duplam  frontis 
latitudinem  aequans,  altitudine  dimidiam  longitu- 
dinem  suam  paullum  superans,  dentibus  parvis 
munitum,  primo  nonnihil  post  medium  promi- 
nente,  altero  huic  mox  sequente  fere  obsoleto. 
Tibiarum  posticaruni  diametrus  apicalis  1/3 
femoris  altitudinis  aequans.  Tarsi  postici  robusti, 
articulo  primo  quam  secundo  baud  longiore. 

Petiolus  longitudine  latior.  ^'''-  »--"<"'''"^  /»'"P".  ?• 

Femur  poaticmn  (x  40). 

Abdomen   ellipticuni,  apice  acummato,  seg- 
mento  basali  1/3  longitudinis  occupante,  reliquis  minutissime  reticulatis,  areolis 
subrotundis. 

Long.  2,3-3  mm. 

Mas.  Scapo,  pedicello,  annello.  trochanteribus  tarsisque,  sicut  in  femina, 
fulvis,  funiculo  et  clava  ochraceo-griseis,  tegulis,  coxis  niediis,  coxarum  posti- 
carum  apice,  petiolo  et  abdominis  segmento  basali  nigro-ferrugineis,  femoribus 
tibiisque  praeter  extremitates  nigris,  proalae  area  fusca  et  macuUs  albidis  fere 
obsoletis.  Oculi  glabri.  Lobus  antennarum  insertiones  dividens  minus  con- 
spicuus.  Flagellum  crassum,  valde  elongatum.  retrorsum  flexum,  abdominis 
medium  attingens,  pedicello  cyathiformi,  annello  brevissin;o,  funiculi  articulo 
primo  orbitis  aequilongo,  ceteris  vix  conspicue  gradatim  longioribus,  clava 
indivisa  et  longitudinem  pracclavae  parum  superante.  Scutellum  extreme 
apice  obtruncatum.  Mesopleurae  spatium  ante  metapleuram,  inferius  minute 
et  parce  punctulatum.  Coxae  intermediae  squamula  curvata  apicali  antice 
instructae  (an  etiam  femina  ?),  coxae  posticae  dente  lateris  dorsalis  destitutae. 
Femur  posticum  sculptura  reticulata  minuta  fortius  impressa,  dentibus  etiam 
minus  quam  in  femina  conspicuis,  anteriore  mediae  longitudini  n.iiius  propinquo. 


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Abdominis  petiolus  ir.aior.  do  .'^upra  inspcctu.s  quadratus,  de  latere  fere  aeque 
altiis  atque  longus  et  in  liniite  posteriorc  iviagis  quam  in  anteriore  obliquo. 
Abdomen  segmento  basali  dimidiara  longitiidinem  arcii  sen  icirculari  margii.is 
.superante  et  tertiam  partem  posticam  totius  longitudinis  attingente  ;  segmento 
secimdo  margine  apicali  minus  curvato,  item  atqne  sequentibiis  sparsim  et 
minute  punctulato. 

Habitat.  "  Silhouette  :  from  low  coconut-planted  country  at  the  coast 
(Pointe  Etienne),  and  from  Mare  aux  Cochons  at  about  1,000  ft. — Mahe :  from 
stunted  endemic  foi'est  at  summit  of  Mount  Sebert,  about  1,800  ft." 

Specimina  duo  ??,  unum   o- 


10.  Hockeria  testaceitarsis  fameron  (fig.  9). 

Trans.  Linn.  Soc.  London,  vol.  xii.   1907.  p.  86. 

Species  a  praecedente  praecipue  differens  corporis  colore  plerumque  minus 
obscuro,  antennis  feminae  usque  ad  articulum  secundum  funiculi  et  pedibus 
maxima  parte  rufo-testaceis.  Specimina  obscuriora,  partibus  rufescentibus  fere 
nuUis,  Hockeriae  bispinosae  Walk,  sunt  similia. 

Femina.  Nigra,  capite  thoraceque  parum  nitidis,  scapo,  funiculi  artieulis 
duobus  primis,  tegulis,  trochanteribus,  femorum  basi,  genubus.  tibiarum  apice 
tarsisque  rufo-testaceis  vel  castaneo-rufis  ;  prothoracis  margine  prope  scapulas, 
axillis  in  latere  exteriore,  metanoti  latere  postico,  metapleurae  et  epicnemii  parte 
inferiore,  confertim  pilis  albis,  sericeis.  instructis  ;  proahs  leniter  grisescentibus, 
antice,  mox  pone  nervum  stigmaticum,  macula  albida  ornatis.  post  2/5  longi- 
tudinis usque  ad  1/5  apicalem  fuscis,  spatio  hoc  tamen  versus  marginem  posticum 
vix  infuscato. 

Variat  funiculi  articulo  tertio  pedibusque  fere  totis  rufo-testaceis,  excepto 

tamen  femore  postico  ad  medium  lateris  exterioris  ;  tegulis  nigris  ;  partibus,  quae 

plerumque  sunt  rufescentes,  quam  maxime  infuscatis  et  corpori  fere  concoloribus, 

Oculi    glabri.     Scapus    minutissime    reticulatus.     Scutellum    in    dimidio 

anteriore  partis  postaxillaris  marginibus  baud 
rectis  neque  paralleUs  liniitatum,  apice  late 
truncatum  vel  leniter  concavum,  vel  lobis 
duobus  rotundatis  baud  contiguis  terminatum. 
Sculptura  totius  dorsi  fortiter  impressa,  foveolis 
irregulariter  dispositis.  Metanotum  carinis 
medianis  instructum  duabus,  parallelis,  sulcum 
latum  limitantibus,  ad  medium  saepe  costa 
transversa  coniunctis  ;  superficie  dorsali  rcliqua 
grosse  et  distincte  alveolata,  areolis  quad- 
rangularibus,  minute  granulosis,  in  utroque 
latere  sulci  mediani  duphce  ordine  dispositis. 
Metathoracis  latus  prominentia  trapezoidali 
parum  conspicua  instructum.  Femur  posti- 
cum plerumque  crassum,  altitudine  ad  longi- 
tudinem  sicut  55  :  100,  interdum  minus 
dilatatum,  scilicet  altitudine  ad  longitudinem  proportione  47  :  100,  superficie 
reticulata  sat  fortiter  insculpta.  Abdomen  ovato-ellipticum,  segmentis  1.  et  2. 
supra  laevibus,  raro  sparsim  et  parce  punctulatis. 


Fig,  9. — Hockeria  testaceitarsis,  $. 

1,  femur  postiuum  tvpiccm ;  'J,  idem 

eiemplaris  gniuilioris;  (>:  ^0), 


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Long.  2-3,5  mm. 

Mas  statura  paullo  minor,  abdoniine  breviore,  scapo  infuscato  et  flagello 
toto  nigro.  hoc  apicem  coxae  posticte  tantum  attingentc  ;  alarum  area  fu.sca 
miniLs  obscura,  oculis  glabris. 

Habitat.  "  Cameron's  type  was  taken  in  the  coral-islands  of  the  Cargados 
Group,  at  Establishment  Island,  28.  viii.  1905  (H.M.S.  Sealark  Expedition). 
In  the  Seychelles  the  species  appears  to  be  widely  distributed,  many  of  the 
specimens  being  found  in  cultivated  places  near  the  coast,  but  some  also  in  the 
endemic  forests  at  high  altitudes.  Silhouette  :  coast  near  Pointe  Etienne, 
and  Mare  aux  Cochons. — Mahe  :  Port  Victoria,  marshy  coastal  plains  near 
Anse  Royale,  high  forest  of  Morne  Blanc,  etc. — Anonyme  Island." 

Adn.  Hanc  speciem  recognovL  comparatione  typi,  qui  ab  auctore  non  satis 
quidem  neque  apte  descriptus,  mas  est  pedibus  antennisque  pro  parte  rufis. 

Speeimina  seychellensia  plurima. 


Gen.  Anthrocephalus  Kirbj^ 
11.  Anthrocephalus  mahensis,  sp.  n.  (figs.  10,  11). 

Femina.  Nigra,  pubescentia  albo-sericea  ;  proalis  macula  tantum  fusca 
trapezoidali,  parva,  infra  nervum  marginalcm  ornatis,  nervis  nigrc-brunneis  ; 
tibiis  anterioribus  rufescenti-nigris  :  his  partibus  ttstacec-iubris  :  antennis 
praeter  annulura  fuscum  juxta  apicem  articulorum  funicuH,  lobo  radiculas 
antennales  .separante,  nandibuHs,  alarum  teguHs,  abdominis  latere  ventrali 
segmentisque  totis  post  quartum,  trochanteribus  et  tarsis  omnibus,  pedum 
anteriorum  genubus,  pedum  posticorum  coxa  ad  apicem  femortque  basi  et 
apice  nee  non  latere  ventrali  ad  basim,  tibiaque  tota. 

Caput  antice  visum  triangulare,  longitudine  parum  latius  ;  oculis  prominulis, 
orbitis  paullum  infra  divergentibus  2/3  capitis  longitudinis  diametro  maiore 
extensis,  serie  .singula  alveolorum  a  scrobe  separatis  ;  hac,  modice  vitro  aucta, 
laevi,  at  50  diani.  magnificata  minute  granulosa  ;  tuberculis  antennalibus  quam 
flagelli  annello  vix  maioribus  ;  genis  limbo  crasso  nee  multo  prominente  postice 
marginatis,  sulco  tenuissimio,  recto,  impressis,  ex  orbita  inferiore  incipiente  ; 
carina  postorbitali  ac  praeorbitali  mox  infra  oculum  ex  sulco  genali  ortis, 
praeorbitali  brevissima,  scrobis  limbum  attingente.  Caput  de  latere  inspectum 
diametro  antero-posteriore  2/3  longitudinalis  aequante,  margin*  orbitali  postice 
n.ulto  magis  quam  antice  curvato. 

Antennae  1 3-articulatae,  clava  minus  distincte  divisa,  scapo  subrecto  3/4 
scrobis  longitudinis  occupante,  quam  flagello  dimidio  breviore  ;  pedicello  dupla 
eius  latitudine  paullum  longiore  ;  articulo  sequente,  id  est  annello,  baud  angustato, 
aeque  longo  atque  lato,  reliquis  usque  ad  6.  funiculi  latitudine  sesquilongioribus, 
3.  et  4.  crassioribus,  7.  vix  latitudine  longiore  ;  clava  articulis  duobus  praece- 
dentibus  aequilonga.  Articulorum  superficies,  50  diam.  inspecta,  vix  conspicue 
granulosa,  sensilUs  instructa  tenuissimis,  pilorum  instar,  series  transversas  tres 
forniantibus,  numero  6-10  in  quaque  serie  quum  antenna  de  latere  exteriore 
inspiciatur,  super  clavam  in  articulo  basali  biseriatis,  in  articulo  medio  in  serie 
singula  dispositis. 

Thoracis  dorsum  sparsim  ac  profunde  foveolis  impressum,  superficie  his 
interposita  reticulata,  foveolis  in  scuto  vix  quam  in  proncto  et  scutello  minoribus 


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Fig.  10. — Anthrocephahis  inahensis,  ?. 

Metathorax  (x  45). 


spatioque   duplo  vel   sesqui-maiore   quam   earuin  diametro  remoti.s.     Tegulae 

minute  punctulatae.     Scutellum   per  totam  fere  longitudinem   excavatum,  in 

1/3  media  marginibus  rectis  parallelis  limita- 
tum,  apice  lobis  duobus  rotundatis,  contiguis, 
instructo.  Metanotum  fovea  media  sub- 
elliptica  et  alveolis  magnis  5  vel  6  in  utroque 
latere,  excavatum,  omnibus  forma  baud  regu- 
lari,  fundo  inaequali.  Mesothoracis  latera 
rugis  transversis  15  insculpta. 

Proalae  subcostae  parte  ascendente  con- 
.spicue  incrassata,  nervo  marginali  1/3  cellulae 
costalis  fere  aequante  et  postmarginali  aequi- 
longo,  at  duplo  crassiore,  nervo  stigmatico 
brevissimo. 

Pedes  robusti,  anteriores  tibiis  eostulatis, 

postici  coxae  superficie  ventrali  item  atque  femore  punctulata,  foveoli.s  spatio 

ipsarum  diametro  aequali  remoti.s,  femore  longitudine  paullum  minus  duplae 

altitudinis    aequante,    supra    valde,    infra   modice   convexo,    margine  ventrali 

ultra  1/3  denticulis  numerosis  pectinis  instar  munito 

et    tubercula  duo    valde   obtusa   in   dimidio   apicali 

formante,  quorum  primum  ad  6/11  totius  longitudinis, 

secundum  ad   8/11    prominens.     Tibia  postica  latere 

anteriore  apiculo  terminato   quam   calcaribus  aequi- 

longis  paullum   breviore,  de  latere  inspecta  margine 

apicali    in    dimidio    postericre    lobum    obtruncatum 

formante. 

Abdomen  conicum,  quam  thorax  et  caput  simul 

sumpta  parum  longius,  thorace  angustius,   segmento 

basali  1/3  dorsi  formante.  segmentis  2.-5.  aequalibus 

tertium   medium   occupantibus,  tergito  sexto  absque 

eius  1/4  apicali  areolis  setiferis  insculpto,  quincunciali 

ratione  dispositis  ac  fere  contiguis,  series  sex  transversas  formantibus,  spatio 

eis  interposito  minute  punctulato,  tergito  7.    reticulo  insculpto  areolis  rhombicis 

transversis,  50  diam.  conspiciendis. 
Long.  11  mm. 

Habitat.  Mali<^  :    Cascade  Estate. 
Specimen  unicum. 


Fio.   11. — Anihrocephalua 

Tnahensis,  $. 

Coxa,  femur  et  tibia  postica 

(X  15). 


Gen.  Hybothorax  Ratzeburg. 
12.  Hybothorax  frater,  sp.  n.  (fig.  12). 

Femina.  Nigra,  oeulis  castaneo-bnnineis,  his  partibus  rufescenti-ochraceis  ; 
scapo  ac  pedicello.  pedibus  anterioribus  praeter  coxas,  pedibus  posticis  basi 
et  latere  inferiore  femoris,  tibiaeque  dimidio  apicali,  tarsis  totis. 

Caput  thorace  haud  latius,  antice  visum  fere  triangulare  aequilatcrum, 
longitudine  4/5  latitudinis  vix  superans,  vertice  inter  ocellos  recto  ;  oeulis  .sat 
magnis,  convexis  pilisque  haud  confertis  et  satis  longis  ornatis  ;  genis  rectis, 
peristomio  angusto,  fovea  antennali  ad  ocellum  anteriorem  extensa,  infeme 
rugis    nonnullis    transversis    striata,  superne  minute  strigulosa  ;    antennis   13- 


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1 


Fig.   \2.—Bybothorax  frater,  ?. 
1.  antenna;  2,  femur  posticiim  cum  tibLi;  (X  45). 


articulatis,  ad  os  insertis,  radiculis  tubercolo  separati.«,  scapo  lenitcr  curvato 
oceUum  anteriorem  attingente,  flagello  thcraci  aequilongo,  pedicello  duplo 
longiore  quam  latioie  et  basi  vix  constricto,  articulo  sequenti  .subquadrato, 
quarto  latitudine  sua  sesquilongiore,  quinto  hoc  paullo  longiore,  reliquis  articulo 
quarto  aequilongis,  sensim  crassioribus  ;  clava  c3lindro-coiiica,  longitudineni 
a  r  t  i  c  u  I  o  r  u  ni  trium  praecedentium 
aequante,  segmento  ultimo  minus  discrete 
sensillis  destituto. 

Dorsum  antice  fortitcr  cim-atum, 
sculptura  item  atque  in  capite  umbili- 
cata,  foveolis  constans  marginatis.  super 
scutellum  parum  Uiaioribus,  ad  Iniius 
apicem  fere  contiguis,  in  reliquis  partibus 
interstitiis  reticulatis  separatis.  Proiio- 
tum,  scutum  et  scutellum  fere  aequilonga, 
hoc  ultimum  elongate  triangulare,  apice 
attenuate,  1/3  longitudinis  suae  supra 
metathoracem  prominens  itaque  dorsel- 
lum  obtegens.  Metanotum  vis  declive, 
latum,    4-carinatum,    tecti    instar    coxas 

posticas  tegens,  margine  externo  perlongo,  recto,  ex  basi  alarum  meta- 
thoracis  ad  basini  abdominis  extenso  et  in  dentem  triangularem  desinente. 
Mesothoracis  latera  minute  alveolata-rugosa,  epimeris  inferne  poUtis. 

Proalae  segmentum  abdominis  tertium  attingentes,  subcostae  parte  ascen- 
dente  crassiore,  nervis  marginali,  postmarginali  et  stigmatico  nullis. 

Pedes  haud  longi,  robusti,  anttuiores  coxis  parvis,  femoribus  clavatis  ;  pos- 
tici  coxis  magnis,  politis,  in  latere  anteriore  pilosis,  femoribus  ovatis,  compressis, 
conspicue  reticulatis  et  in  latere  inferiore  denticulis  frequentibus  munitis  nee 
non  dente  robusto,  cuius  altitude  latitudini  tibiae  aequalis,  eius  distantiam  ab 
apice  femoris  haud  superat  ;  tibiae  posticae  obtruncatae,  calcaribus  brevibus,. 
crassis,  instructae.     Tarsi  anteriores  haud  incrassati,  postici  robustiores. 

Abdomen  sessile,  thoraci  aequilongum,  de  supra  visum  ellipticum,  de  latere 
autem  dorso  recto,  ventre  leniter  curvato,  parte  postica  oblique  sinuosa  inferne 
in  tuberculum  desinente,  segmentis  constituta  4.  et  5.  brevibus,  6.  his  simul 
sumptis  aequali.  Pars  abdominis  antica  lateralis  versus  metathoracis  latera 
auriculas  formans  strigulosas,  quae  metathoracis  anguhs  oppositae,  horum 
continuationem  simulant.  Segmentum  secundum  magnum,  3/4  dorsi  occupans, 
areolis  notatum  ellipticis,  marginatis,  haud  excavatis  ;  pars  eius  pone  coxas 
areolis  omnino  destituta.     Segmenti  6.  superficies  aspera. 

Pili  perlongi,  albidi,  thoracis  dorsum  et  superficiem  abdominis  fere  totam 
ornantes. 

Long.  2,6  mm. 

Mas.  Colore  feminae  similis,  antennis  totis  brunneo-luteis,  femoribus 
anterioribus  tibiisque  omnibus  leniter  pro  parte  infuscatis.  Flagelli  longitude 
2J  scapi  aequans,  annellus  brevissimus,  reliqui  articuli  subaequales,  clava 
apice  minus  acute.  Foveolae  dorsi  magis  quam  in  femina  adproximatae,  in 
scuteUo  fere  contiguae.  Metapleura  et  abdomen  longe  pilesa  ;  hoc  thoraci 
aequilongum,  lateribus  superiore  et  inferiore  rectis,  parte  postica  rotundata 
inferne  tuberculata.     Superficies  segmenti   secundi   areolis  insculpta   quam  in 


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femina  parum  maioribus,  spatio  polito  iiullo.  Pens  fen.oralis  apico  rotundatus. 
Long.  2  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :  "Cascade  Estate,  about  800  ft." — Anonyire  Island  ("a 
cultivated  islet  near  Mahe"). 

Specimina  duo,  <3  et  $. 

Adn.  Species  haec  seychellensis  pedum  colore  ab  europaeo  Hybothorace 
grafjli  Ratz.  distinguitur,  qui  unus  generi  pertinebat,  in  Germania  Galliaqne 
inventus,  ubi  parasita  est  Myrmeleonis  formicarii. 


Stjbfam.  EURYTOMINAE. 

Gen.  Eurytoma  Illiger. 

13.  Eurytoma,  sp. 

Mas.  Niger,  oculis  concoloribus,  scapo  toto  nigro,  macula  ante  collare 
parva  flavo-grisea  ;  alarum  nervis,  genubus,  tibiis  posterioribus  basi  ct  apice. 
tarsisque  omnibus,  flavo-albidis,  interdum  flavis  ;  tibiis  primi  paris  pedum  in 
latere  anteriore  et  posteriore  fusco-lineatis  ;    pilis  argenteis. 

Oculi  parum  convex!  ;  faciei  zona  depressa,  marf;inem  orbitalem  anteriorem 
formans,  a  reliqua  superficie  sculptura  hand  diversa  ;  ocelli  posteriores  ab 
anteriore  magis  quam  ab  oculis  remoti,  distantiae  proportione  3:2;  pediceUus 
globosus  ;  artieulus  primus  funiculi  dimidiam  scapi  longitudinem  fere  aequans, 
articuli  secnndi  nodus  vix  duplo  longior  quam  latior,  isthmi  1/3-1/4  nodorum 
longitudinis  aequantes  ;  pili  quam  articuli  sesquilongiores  ;  clava  pedunculata, 
quam  artieulus  praecedens  sesquilongior. 

Thorax,  de  latere  inspcctus,  dorso  piano,  metanoto  parum  oblique.  Axil- 
larum  pars  dimidia  interior  alveolis  elongatis  recte  marginatis  insculpta.  Me- 
tanotuni  supra  abdominis  inserticnem  area  depressa  sublaevi  instructum,  quae 
autem  fortiter  vitro  aucta  superficiem  ostendit  scabram  propter  areolas  sat 
profunde  excavatas,  confertas,  marginibus  reticulum  formantc.  Callus,  etiam 
fortiter  vitro  auctus,  minute  reticulatu.s.  Mesosternum  superne  vix  conspicue 
reticulatum,  infernc  foveoUs  ct  cminentiis  transversis  nonnullis  insculptum  ; 
mesopleura  scabra. 

Nervus  stigmaticus   marginali  aequilongus,   postm,arginalis  vix   longior. 
Petiolus  coxis  posticis  sesquilongior. 
Long.  2,2  mm. 

Femina.  Scapus  basi  flava,  pediceUus  quam  artieulus  primus  funiculi 
parum  brevior,  artieulus  hie  latitudine  sua  fere  sesquilongior,  sequentes  sensini 
breviores  et  crassiores,  quintus  latitudine  paullo  longior,  clava  2h  praeclavae 
longitudinis  aequans,  in  parte  tcrtia  apicali  conica,  reliquo  spatio  cjlindrica  ; 
pili  funiculum  ornantes  articuUs  aequilongi.  Nervus  marginalis  stigmatico 
sesquilongior,  hie  postmarginali  duplo  brevior.  Abdomen  latere  dorsali  seg- 
menti  tertii  quam  secundi  sesquiloiigiore,  quarti  quam  tcrtii  magis  quam  duplo 
longiore,  superficie  tota  dorsali  minute  squamoso-pvnictata,  lateribus  autem 
ventreque  in  segmentis  4.  et  5.  areoUs  hexagonis,  aequaUbus,  conspicuis,  inscul- 
ptis,  segmento  sexto  toto  ruguloso.     Long.  2,7  mm. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  :    "Mare  aux  Cochons.  and  forest  near  hj\  about  1,000 
ft.,  and  from  the  coast  at  Pointe  Etienne." 
Specimina  quatuor  $$,  sex   (J  (J. 


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14.  Eurytoma,  sp. 

Femina.  Nigra,  scapo,  mandibulis  pedibusque  cum  coxis  luteis  ;  pedicello, 
annello,  macula  ante  collare,  epipjgio  ad  ba.sim  et  hypopj'gio  obscure  luteis  ; 
proalis  leniter  infuscatis,  nervis  praeter  postcostam  brunneis  ;    pili.s  albis. 

Caput  antice  visum  geiiis  modice  curvatis,  strigis  a  clypeo  radiantibus 
nulUs  ;  ex  latere  inspectum  oculis  magnis,  rotundatis,  vertice  lato,  genarum 
sculptura  fere  obsoleta.  Antennae  scapo  ad  medium  leniter  incrassato,  pedicello 
longitudine  et  latitudine  acquali,  funiculi  articulis  tribus  primis  latitudine 
sesquilongioribus,  quarto  et  quinto  vix  longioribus,  clava  his  paullo  minore. 

Thorax  brevis,  altus,  dorso  modice  curvato,  pronoto  longitudine  sua  se- 
squilatiore,  axillis  sculptura  aequali  ab  ilia  reliqui  dorsi  non  distinguenda  ; 
metanoto  fere  verticali,  medio  serie  duplice  alveolorum  quadrangularium  im- 
presso,  partibus  lateralibus  irregulariter  alveolatis,  alveolis  minoribus  nullis  ; 
epicnemio  hand  curvato  et  mesosterno,  superne  minute  reticulato-alveolatis. 

Proalae  nervo  marginali  duplo  cjuam  postmarginali  longiore,  stigmatico 
3/4  huius  aequante. 

C'oxae  posticae  crebre  reticulato-alveolatae. 

Petiolus  duplo  longior  quam  latior,  2/5  coxarum  longitudinis  baud  superans. 

Abdomen  altitudine  duplo  longius,  dorso  valde  curvato,  punctoque  maxime 
elevate  ad  1/4  totius  longitudinis  sito,  latere  ventrali  parum  convexo  et  curvae 
apice  ad  mediam  longitudinem  ;  diametro  transverso  longitudinem  segmen- 
torum  1.-5.  fere  aequante.  Segmentum  tertium  in  eius  latere  dorsali  quam 
secundum  duplo  longius,  quartum  duplam  tertii  longitudinem  paullo  superans, 
quintum  perbreve  pilisque  paucis  longis  ornatuni.  Tergitum  tertium  lateribus, 
excepta  parte  tertia  postica,  subtilissime  reticulatis,  quartum  ad  basim  segmenti 
fortius  insculptum  areolisque  maioribus  ;  reliqua  segmentorum  superficies  laevis, 
nitens.  Epipygium  et  hypopygium  elongata,  hoc  ultimum  1/4  abdominis 
longitudinis  ultra  segmentum  quintum  prominens. 

Long.  2  mm. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  :  Mare  aux  C'ochons. 

Specimen  unicum. 

Gex.  Eurytomidia  n.  (?). 

Specimen  unicum,  parv'um,  masculinum,  cuius  descriptio  sequitur,  hahitu 
Eurytomae  simile,  tamen  nervo  postmarginali  valde  elongate  et  parte  mesonoti 
praeaxillari  brevissinia  diversum,  etsi  amplius  ac  diligenter  examinare  non 
potuerim,  generi  novo  pertinere  mihi  visum  est.  Id  tibiis  posticis  bicalcaratis 
a  Phylloxeroxeno  distinguitur,  cum  quo  tamen  convenit  nervo  postmarginali 
elongate. 

15.  Eurytomidia  dubia,  sp.  n.  (fig.   13). 

Mas.  Niger,  oculis  concoloribus,  genubus,  tibiarum  apice  tarsisque  obscure 
luteis,  his  apice  fuscis,  alls  hyalinis  nervis  pallide  flavo-griseis. 

Caput  oculis  hand  prominulis,  glabris,  ex  latere  inspectis  subrotundis, 
spatio  interorbitali  5/6  latitudinis  aequante,  antennis  supra  medium  faciei 
insertis,  fovea  antennali  profunda,  nitida,  ecello  anteriere  extra  foveam  sito. 
Scapus  longitudinem   orbitarum   fere  aequans,   ocellum   attingens,   baud  com- 


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presso-dilatatus  sed  apice  attenuatus,  superficie  scabra.  Flagcllum  longitudinem 
thoracis  superaiis,  pedicello  fere  globoso,  annello  parvo,  funiculi  articulo  primo 
3/4  scapi  longitudinis  baud  superante,  isthuus  2/3  uodorum  aequantibus,  bis 
forma  trapezoidali,  ad  medium  non  angustatis,  secundo  et  tertio  altitudinc 
paullum  longioribus.  Pili  verticillati  .articulis  aequilongi  vcl  paulhim  maiores. 
Sculptura  capitis  tt  tlioracis  fere  ubicumque  unibilicato-punctata,  at  paene 
obsoleta,  axillarum   in   dimidio  exteriore  minutissime  reticulata,  areolis  rect- 

angularibus,    in    interiore   alveolata  ;    tegulae 
minute  at  fortiter  sulcato-reticulatae. 

Pronotum  quam  scutum  duplo  longius. 
Scapulae  sulco  leniter  impresso  discretae. 

Proalae  angulo  posteriore  prominentc, 
cellula  costali  lata,  nervo  stigmatico  3/4  mar- 
ginalis  aequante,  hoc  quam  postniarginali 
dimidio  breviore. 

Femur  posticum  conspicue  reticulatum, 
areolis  minutis,  rhombicis ;  tibia  in  latere 
interiore  setis  rigidis  munita,  calcari  maioro 
dimidium  metatarsi  vix  superante,  altero 
brevissimo. 
Petiolus  coxas  posticas  baud  superans. 

Abdomen  superne  inspectum  aeque  longum  atque  latum,  de  latere  visum 
triangulare.  Segmenti  secundi  latus  dorsale  dimidiam  femoris  longitudinem 
parum  superans,  superficie  subtiliter  reticulata,  areolis  quam  femoris  miilto 
majoribus. 

Long.  1,5  mm. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  :  Mare  aux  Coehons,  "  from  the  marshy  plateau  at 
about  1,000  ft." 

Specimen  unicum. 


Fig.   13. — Eurytomidia  duhia,  ^. 

1,  proala  (x  32);  2,  tibiae  postioae  apex 
(X  27). 


Gen.  Decatoma  Spinola. 

(Eudecatoma,  Ashmead  —  ?). 

16.  Decatoma  kestraneura,  sp.  n. 

Mas.  Flavus,  vertice,  excepto  margine  orbitali,  dorso,  exceptis  pronoti 
lateribus,  petiolo,  abdomine,  maculaque  in  latere  superiore  femoris  postici, 
brunneis  ;  proalarum  nervo  marginali,  praeter  eius  limbinn  anteriorem  atque 
exteriorem,  nigro,  lamina  tota  hyalina. 

Linea  ocularis  inferior  in  media  faciei  longitudine  decurrens  ;  antennae 
in  hac  linea  insertae.  Clypeus  margine  lenissime  concave.  Ocellus  anterior  lineae 
posteriores  tangenti  fere  contiguus.  Pedicellus  pyriformis,  latitudine  sua  parum 
longior  ;  funiculi  articulus  primus  pedicello  sesquilongior,  scapo  sesquibrevior  ; 
articuli  sequentes  curtantes,  ultimus  pedicello  aequilongus. 

Superficies  capitis  et  dorsi,  praeter  metanotum,  aspectu  sublaevis,  90  diam. 
magnificata  minute  reticulata,  areolis  subrotundis ;  pronotum  vero  quasi 
tran.sverse  strigulosum  apparens.  Dorsellum  punctis  duobus  impressum  con- 
tigius  et  in  eius  linea  media  longitudinali  dispositis.  Metanoti  fovea  media 
sat  lata,  lateribus  parallelis,  transverse  quadricostata  ;  superficies  reliqua  reticule 


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insculpta,    50   diam.    magnificato   vix   perspiciendo  ;    plicae   longitudinales   in 
dimidio  posteriore  tantiim  determinatae. 

Proalae  cellula  basali  parce  ac  breviter  pubescente,  infra  praestignia  et 
prope  nervum  marginalem  speculo  nullo  setisque  longioribus.  Nervus  marginalis 
crassissimus,  longitudine  sua  hand  angustior,  extiis  non  oblique  truncatus, 
postice  linea  convexa  tenninatus  ;  postmarginalis  quam  marginalis  vix  brevier  ; 
stigmaticus  huius  longitudinem  aequans,  manifeste  obliquus,  clavae  angulo 
posteriore  et  unco  fere  aequaliter  prominentibus,  mallei  figuram  fingentibus. 

Setae  in  latere  posteriore  tibiae  posticae  huius  latitudini  subaequales, 
numero  octo  in  specimine. 

Petiolus  triple  longior  quam  latior,  coxas  posticas  non  superans,  sculptura 
minutissime  granulosa,  50  diam.  magnificata  vix  conspicua. 

Abdomen  forma  baud  globosa,  at  lateribus  in  1/3  media  subparallelis  ; 
segmento  2.  brevi,  1.  3.  et  4.  subaequalibus,  1.  2.  et  4.  laevibus,  ceteris  100  diam. 
magnificatis  leniter  reticulato-sulcatis,  areolis  transversis,  his  in  segmento  3 
maioribus. 

Long.  1,5  mm. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  :    Mare  aux  Cochons  plateau. 

Femina  ignota. 

Specimen  unicum. 

Ad7i.  Genus  Eudeaitonui  Ashm.  dubium  et  non  satis  definitum  mihi  videtur. 
Species  quam  descripsi,  pedicello  brevi,  proalis  hyalinis  et  speculo  nullo,  nervo 
marginali  latitudine  baud  longiore,  praecipue  est  distinguenda. 


Gen.  Isosoma  Walker. 
17.  Isosoma  insularum,  sp.  n.  (fig.  14). 

Mas.  Niger,  subnitidus,  prothorace  praeter  pronotum,  coxis  anticis,  inter- 
dum  mediis,  femoribus  anticis  mediisque  in  parte  dimidia  apicali,  tibiis  cmnibu." 
et  tarsis,  antennarum  radicula, 
scapo  ac  pedicello,  fiavo-griseis  ; 
pedicelli  latere  superiore  et  scapi 
dimidio  inferiore  infuscatis ; 
tibiarum  atque  tarsonim  latere 
anteriore  plerumque  obscuro  vel 
brunneo  ;  alis  decoloribus  nervis 
pallida  flavo-griseis. 

Caput  antice  visum  longitu- 
dine 3/4  latitudinis  vix  superans, 
vertice  arcuato,  orbitis  parallelis, 
peristomio  3/5  spatii  interorbitalis 
aequante.  Genae  baud  compres- 
sae,  subtiliter  sulcatae,  spatio 
triangulari    juxta    oculos    nitido. 


Fig.   14. — leoeoma  insularum,  <J. 
1,  antenna  (X  40);  2,  proala  (x  31;). 


Facies  minute  reticulata,  areolis  rhombicis,  spatioque  infra  antennarum  radiculas 
confertim  et  minute  punctulato.  Scapus  in  latere  inferiore  valde  curvatus^ 
latitudine,  ad  medium,  1/3  longitudinis  aequante.  Funiculi  articuli  partibus 
attenuatis  latitudini  nodorum  aequilongis  ;  isthmi,  his  partibus  binis  compositi, 
in    articulatione    biannulati.     Pili    baud    articulis    breviores.     Articuli    primi 


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longitude  quadruplam  latitudinem  aequans,  sexti  triplam.  Clava  artkulo 
praecedenti  longitudine  et  latitudine  aequalis,  mucrone  paiTO  tenninata,  indi- 
stincte  articulata. 

Prothorax  bis  latior  quam  longior,  lineis  subtilibus  reticulatus  ;  scutellum 
apice  rotundatum,  item  atque  pronotum  reticulatiim  ;  areolae  in  scuto  maiores, 
minus  regulares,  in  seapulis  minorcs.  Metanotuni  rtticulatc-alvcolatum,  areohs 
irregularibus  minutis  insculptum,  medio  fovea  elliptica,  extremitatibus  truncata, 
leniter  impressa,  notatum,  huius  areolis  vix  minoribus.  Mesosterni  sculptura 
ab  ilia  prothoracis  baud  dissimilis,  episterni  magi.s  minuta  ;  epimerum  in  dimidio 
posteriore  laeve. 

Nervus   stigmaticus   dimidiam    marginalis   Icrgitudinem    attingens,    quam 

postmarginalis  sesquilongior. 

Petiolus  coxis  posticis  aequilongus,  latitudine  3/5  Icngitudinis  aequans, 
sculptura  baud  a  metanoto  dissimilis. 

Abdomen  cylindricum,  nitidum,  segmento  primo  quam  secundo  magis 
quam  duplo  longiore,  secundo  terticque  aequalibus,  quarto  et  quinto  his  parum 
longioribus,  quinto  autem  forma  et  sculptura  a  praecedente  discimili,  sexto 
parvo,  subtiliter  reticulato. 

Long.  2  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe :  Cascade,  "from  cultivated  country  near  sea-level" 
(specimina  plurima),  Port  Victoria  (specimen  unum). 

Specimina  plurima. 


Gen.  Aximopsis  Ashmead. 

18.  Aximopsis  elegans,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Nigro  et  rufo  varia,  tibiis  tarsisque  albis.  Capite  nigro,  oculis 
rubris  ;  antennarum  scapo  in  dimidio  basali  grisec-luteo,  in  dimidio  apicali 
brunneo,  pedicello  fusco-maculato,  articulo  quinto  funiculi  vel  quarto  et  quinto 
luteis,  clava  nigra  et  articulo  ultimo  sensillis  albidis  obsito,  ceteris  antennaium 
partibus  obscure  rufis  ;  prothorace,  praeter  maculam  dorsi  nigricantem,  seapulis, 
tegulis,  praesterno  et  angulo  anteriore  mesosterni,  obscure  rufis,  reliquis  thoracis 
partibus  et  petiolo  nigris  ;  abdomine  rufo  dorso  fusco  :  coxis  anticis  rufis  in 
latere  anteriore  nigris,  mediis  totis  rufis  vel  antice  nigro-maculatis,  posticis 
omnino  nigris  ;    femoribus  flavo-rufis  ;    alarum  nervis  flavo-fuscis. 

Caput  thoracis  latitudinem  prcporticne  100  :  87  superans,  prothoracis 
proportione  100  :  77  ;  antice  visum  latum,  oculis  magnis.  3/4  tctius  longitudinis 
extensis,  glabris  ;  de  latere  inspectum  ovato-triangulare,  parura  longius  quam 
latins,  latitudine  maxima  ad  medium  oculorum,  oculis  rotundatis.  Ocelli 
externi  ab  anteriore  et  ab  oculis  aequo  spatio  remcti.  Facies  latitudine  sua 
parum  longior,  versus  oculos  abrupte  temiinata,  marginibus  orbitarum  vix 
divergentibus,  inferne  radiatim  strigosa,  reliqua  superficie  alvcolata,  pubesetntia 
omata  sat  longa  sed  baud  conferta,  aequaUter  distributa.  Fovea  antennalis 
in  eius  dimidio  supero  margine  elevato  limitata,  inter  antennarum  radiculas 
lamina  prominente  divisa.  Antennae  supra  medium  faciei  insertae ;  pediccllus 
breviter  conicus,  funiculi  articulus  primus  longitudine  triplam  latitudintm, 
secundus  duplam  latitudinem,  aequantes,  tertius  .secundo  aequalis,  quartus 
quam  tertius  parum  crassior  et  vix  brevior,  quintus  subquadratus,  quam  primus 


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fere  sesquilatior  ;  clava  basi  obtruncata,  quam  articuli  praecedentes  pauUum 
brevior. 

Thorax  de  latere  inspectus  dorso  parum  curvato,  metanoto  secundum 
curvam  totius  dorsi  disposito.  Mesosternum  valde  retrorsum  vergens,  margine 
exteriore  fere  horizontal!.  Metanotum  medio  late  sulcatum,  in  parte  anteriore 
sulci  alveolLs  duobus  impressum  elongatis,  contiguis,  quibus  nonnuUi  succedunt 
subquadrati  in  serie  singula  dispositi. 

Nervus  marginalis  et  postmarginalis  aequilongi,  stigmaticus  his  dimidio 
brevior. 

Coxae  anticae  hand  dentatae,  facie  laterali  cum  anteriore  in  dimidio  supero 
angulum  formante.  Coxae  posticae  in  dimidio  inferiore  longitudinaliter  et 
confertim  strigulosae. 

Petiolus  coxis  posticis  fere  sesquilongior,  abdominis  lateri  ventrali  post 
1/3  longitudini.s  affixus,  ad  basim  mucrone  dorsali  peracuto  instructus,  super- 
ficie  dorsali  scabra.  lateribus  longitudinaliter  confertim  sulcatis. 

Abdomen  deorsum  flexum,  ovatuni,  compressum,  latitudine  dimidiam  fere 
longitudinem,  altitudine  ad  petioli  insertionem  2/3  longitudinis  aequante,  apice 
attenuato,  segmento  quarto  in  latere  dorsali  quam  tertio  fere  sesquilongiore, 
quinto  hoc  dimidio  breviore,  sexto  et  septimo  subaequalibus,  quam  quinto  fere 
sesquilongioribus.  Segmenta  1.-5.  laevia,  nitida,  6.  atque  7.  sculptura  reticulata 
minutissima,  vix  conspicua. 

Long.  3-3,5  mm.  Longitudo  capitis  cum  thorace,  abdomini  cum  petiole 
subaequalis. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  :   Mare  aux  Cochons — Praslin  :   Cotes  d'or  Estate. 

Specimina  duo,  $$. 

Adn.  Haec  est  species  tertia  generis.  Aximopsis  morio  Ashm.  Erasiliae 
pertinet,  tricolor  Gir.  Queenslandiae. 

SuBFAM.  EUCHARIDINAE. 

Gen.  Stilbula  Spinola. 

19.  Stilbula  lissoma,  sp,  n. 

Mas.  Capite  thoraceque  viridibus,  pro  parte  auratis  vel  cyanescentibus  vel 
etiam  purpureis  ;  oculis  ocellisque  castaneis  ;  antennis  obscure  luteis,  funiculi 
nodis  pilisque  nigricantibus  ;  coxis,  alarum  nervis.  petiolo  abdomineque  brun- 
neis  ;    pedibus  palhde  stramineis  ;    proalis  flavo-griseis. 

Facies  inter  clypeum  et  antennarum  insertionem  obtuse  angulata,  clypeo 
plerumque  transverse  at  parce  striguloso.  Antennae  corpori  toto  aequilongae, 
scapo  latitudine  sua  parum  longiore,  quam  articulo  prime  funiculi  conspicue 
crassiore  et  1/4  diametri  orbitalis  maioris  aequante  ;  annello  quam  scape  plus 
dimidio  breviore  ;  articulis  decem  huic  sequentibus  valde  elongatis,  tenuibus 
et  nodis  apicahbus  in  dorso  magis  prominulis,  superficie  tota  hirta,  piHs  articu- 
lorum  diametro  aequilongis,  sed  hand  confertis  ;  articulo  prime  funiculi  quam 
scapo  cj[uintuplo  longiore  et  latitudine  1/9  longitudinis  suae  aequante  ;  articulo 
secundo  quam  prime  breviore  proportione  3  :  4,  ultimo  proportione  4  :  7. 

Scapulae  in  dimidio  interiore  callosae,  id  est  laeves  atque  nitidae  punctisque 
nennuUis  tantum  impressae. 

Petiolus   quam   abdomen   hand   longior,   distantiam   ab   angulo   anteriore 


142  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE,  XXIV.     1917. 

pronoti  ad  basim  processi  scutellaris  longitudine  aequans,  propter  tenuitatem 
magis  elongatus  apparens.     Long.  3-4  mm. 

Femina  diffcrt  funiculo  longitudinem  dorsi  fere  aeqiiante.  artieulis  quam 
scape  baud  crassioribus  et  basi  fortiter  constrictis,  a  latere  inspeetis  angulo 
apicali  superiore  magis  quam  inferiore  prominente ;  articulo  primo  quadruplam 
scapi  longitudinem,  secundo  duplam  longitudinem  aequante  ;  clava  parum 
longiore  quam  latiore.  scapo  aequilonga  ;  petiolo  longitudinem  metanoti  et 
dorselli  paullo  superante,  quam  thorace,  itemque  abdomine,  dimidio  breviore. 

Habitat.  "  Silhouette  :  from  Mare  aux  Cochons,  about  1,000  ft..  1  o — Mahe  : 
2  9  from  forest  of  the  endemic  '  Bois-de-Fer  '  ( Valeria  seychellanim)  in  the  Mare 
aux  Cochons  district  at  an  elevation  of  over  1,500  ft.,  and  1  ?  from  Cascade 
Estate  at  about  800  ft." 

Specimina  quatuor. 

Adn.  Stilbulae  insularis  Cam.*  typum  in  Egmont  Atoll  (Insulis  Chagos) 
collectum  examinavi,  quod  specimen  est  masculinum  flagellis  carens,  non  eis 
coloribus  vero  ornatum  quos  in  descriptione  auctor  indicavit,  ab  illis  Stilbulae 
nunc  descriptae  etiam  differentibus.  Cameronis  species  a  seychellensi  strigis 
tota  parte  inferiore  faciei  extensis,  dorso  minus  regulariter  insculpto,  callo 
humerali  nullo,  alls  et  petiolo  nonnihil  brevioribus,  distinguitur. 


SUBFAM.  ENCYRTINAE. 

Gex.  Eucomys  Forster. 

20.  Eucomys  infelix  Embleton,  et  var.  albiscapus  n.  v.  (figs.  15-17). 

Comys  infelix.  Embleton,  Tr.  Enl.  Soc.  London,  ii.  1902.  pp.  219-229. 

Camya  infelix:,  Embleton,  Tr.  Linn.  Soc.  London,  v.   1904.  pp.  231-254,  PI.  11,  12  (<?$). 

Hanc  Eucomydem  Embleton  in  Anglia,  prope  Cambridge,  primum  invenit, 
Lecanii  hemisphaerici  var.  filicum  parasitam,  deque  eius  forma,  anatomica 
structura  et  biologia  pertractavit.  Species  similis  est  Ericomydi  bicolori  How., 
et  forsan  etiam  Eucomydi  lecaniorum  Mayri,  nee  non  speciebus  nonnullis  Au- 
straliae  a  Girault  descriptis.  Ego  exemplaria  plurima  huic  specie!  pertinentia 
observavi.  cjuae  sunt  : 

1.  exemplar  Musci  Zoologici  Cantabrigiensis,  nomine  manu  doctoris  Sharp 
scripto,  in  Cambridge  collectum,  cum  auctoris  prima  descriptione  (I.e.,  1902, 
p.  223)  bene  conveniens,  quod  quasi  cotypus  haberi  potest  ; 

2.  exemplaria  nonnulla  in  Insulis  Seychellensibus  coUecta,  a  praecedente 
hand  differentia  ; 

3.  exemplaria  plurima  sej'chellensia  antennae  coloribus  praecipue  diversa, 
varietati  novae  attribuenda  ; 

4.  exemplaria  huius  varietatis  in  Italia  prope  Genuam  inventa  ; 

5.  exemplaria  nonnulla  ex  Insulis  Sej'chellensibus,  inter  formam  typicam 
et  varietatem  intermedia. 

Forma  typica,  5- 

Mihi  ex  paucis  excmphuibus  nota,  forsan  colore  varians  sicut  var.  albiscapus, 
qua  de  re  huius  descriptio  conferatur.  Genarum  setae  pilique  in  parte  posteriors 
■axiUarum  prope  scutelli  suturam.  pauci  sunt  vel  nulli,  qucd  etiam  in  varietate 

•  Trans.  Linn.  Soc.  London,  xii.   1907.  p.  85. 


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occurrit.  Formae  typicae  eharacteres  praecipui  hi  sunt  :  .scapus  stramineu.«, 
margine  posteriore  apice  tantum  brunneo  maculate  ;  flagellum  ochraceo-aeru- 
ginosum  at  funiculi  articulo  quinto  ad  apicem,  sexto  et  clava  totis,  nigris.  Femur 
medium  albidum,  apice  superne  macula  brunnea,  inferne  .semper  macula  flavo- 
ochracea,  notatum.  Tibia  media  ad  basim  et  pulvillu.s  tar.^alis  brunnei,  reliquum 
tibiae,  calcar  et  tarsus  luteo-aerugino.sa. 

Var.  albiscapus,  ?. 

Capite  thoraceque  fere  toto  luteo-aeruginosis,  at  capite  saepe  ncnnihil 
obscuriore,  dorso  nitore  quodam  subaureo  ;  abdomine  nigro-brunneo,  viclaceo 
nitente,  inferne  .saepius  aeneo  ;  antennae  radicula  flavo-brunnea,  scapo  albo, 
supra  fusco-limbato,  infra  ad  basim  macula  parva  brunnea  notato,  flagello, 
item  atque  oculis  ocellisque,  nigro-brunneis  ;  carina  genarum  nigra,  setis  con- 
coloribus  ;  prcnoto  partim,  sed  praecipue  in  eius  angulis  inferc-posterioribus, 
et  proi)ectore,  infuscatis ;  mesonoti  parte  praeaxiUari  antice  nigro-limbata, 
disco  vel  dimidio  posteriore  macula  fusca,  latera  non  attingente,  pilisque  aibis, 
ornatis  ;  pilis  etiam  albis  sed  plerumque  raris  in  margine  posteriore  axillarum 
nee  non  super  scutellum  prope  suturam  ;  nonnullis  in  scutelii  disco  flavis,  sericeis  ; 
aliis  in  reliquis  partibus  dorsi  nigris  ;  axillulis  etiam  nigris  ;  mesopleura  ochracea 
vel  obscure  lutea,  interdum  rosea,  scilicet  nitore  palbde  purpureo,  rare  violacea  ; 
coxa  antica  et  postica  albis,  media  brunnea  ;  femoribu.s  anterioribus  albidis 
supra  et  infra  fusco-limbatis,  femore  medio  interdum  superne  macula  apicali 
brunnea  notato  ;  femore  postico  flavescenti-brunneo,  margine  dorsali  obscuriore  ; 
tibia  antica  femori  postico  concolore,  intermedia  usque  ad  dimidium  longi- 
tudinis  grisescenti-brunnea,  reliquo  flavida  vel  albida  ;  postica  tota  brunnea  ; 
tarso  antico  obscuro,  medio  tibiae  apici  concolore,  postico  albo,  excepto  dimidio 
basali  articuli  primi  ac  pulvillo  ;  proalis  in  parte  dimidia  exteriore  cellulae 
basalis  fere  tota,  itemque  spatio  ultra  praestigma  infuscatis,  apicem  versus 
tamen  pallidioribus,  fascia  nervorum  apices  tangente  hyalina,  setis  spiniformibus 
cellulae  costalis  et  prope  nervum  basalem  nigris,  subcosta  nervisque  marginali, 
postmarginali  ac  stigmatico  flavo-brunneis,  praestigniate  fere  hyalino. 

Capitis  forma  subhemisphaerica,  fere  lenticularis,  dimidio  superiore  cras- 
siusculo  ;  margo  occipitalis  acute  limbatus  antice 
inspectus  aream  ocellarem  superans  ;  faciei  pars 
dimidia  inferior  depressa,  a  superiore,  sive  fronte, 
margine  sinuoso  separata,  qui  super  antennanmi 
insertiones  utrinque  inferius  vergens,  oculum 
prope  imam  orbitam  attingit  ;  genae  sat  fortiter 
curvatae,  dc  latere  inspectae  carinatae,  carina 
longe  nigro-setosa  superne  retrorsum  flexa  et 
certo  spatio  pone  orbitam  producta,  ab  hac  sulco 
conspicuo  separata  ;  vertex,  in  specimine  exsic- 
cato,  1/3  capitis  latitudinis  superans,  ocellis  an- 
gulum  obtusum  formantibus,  margine  occipital! 
ab  area  ocellari  tota  spatio  depresso  separate, 
hac  autem  inter  ocellos  posteriores  linea  convexa 
limitata.  Superficies  fere  tota  sulcato-reticulata, 
areolis  transversis,  super  verticem  atque  frontem  punctis  sat  conspicuis  sparsim 
impressa ;  genae  pone  carinam  conspicue  reticulatae  areolis  longitudinaUter 
clongatis,  excavatis. 


Fig.   15. — Eucomys  in/etix,  var. 
albiscapus,  9. 

1,  Caput  antioe  visum  (x  30);  2,  raaziUa, 
siue  cardinp  (x  58);  3,  mandibula  (x  68); 
4,  eadcm  Ue  latere,  sursum  reveraa. 


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Fig.  16. — Bucomys  infelix,  var.  albiacapus,  ?. 

Antenna  ( x  Go). 


Mandibiilae  fortiter  curvatae,  postice  laminato-prcductac,  margiiie  apicali 
inermi,  rotundato  ;  maxillarum  lacinia  .spinis  sex  instiucta,  palpi  articulis  1.-3. 
subaequalibus,  quarto  duplo  longiore. 

Pedicellus  1/3  scapi  longitudinis  paullum  superans,  latitudine  sua  duplo 

longior;  funiculi  articuli  valde 
eompressi,  pilis  mediocribus  hirti, 
articulatione  lateri  ventrali  magis 
propinqua,  primus  pedicello  fere 
aequilongus  et  vix  latior,  sequentes 
gradatim  breviores  atque  latiores, 
ultinius  longitudine  sua  sesquilatior, 
fere  duplam  primi  latitudinem  et 
3/4  Indus  longitudinis  attingens. 
Clava  item  atque  articuli  praece- 
dentes  conipressa,  breviter  elliptica, 
apice  minus  cun'ato,  quam  praeclava  vix  latior,  articulo  basali  quam  reliquis 
aequalibus  nonnihU  longiore. 

Thorax  brevis.     Mesopleura  minute  et  callus  grosse,  conspicue.  rcticulati. 
Praestigma  longum,  ab  humero  late  separatum  ;    nervus  marginalis  latitu- 
dine   sua   baud  longior,   postmarginalis   ac 
stigmaticus  aequales,  hie  basi  et  apice  magis 
curvatus. 

Long,  media,  1,6  mm. 
Habitat.      Silhouette,     Mahe,    passim  : 
"  from  cultivated  places  near  sea-level,  and 
from  some  of  the  highest  endemic  forests." 
Etiam  in  Italia  (Liguria). 
Specimina  plurima. 

Adn.  Huius  speeiei  marcm  non  vidi. 
Eum  rare  occurrere  Embleton  affirmat  (I.e.  1904.  pp.  234  et  250)  :  "...  dis- 
proportion of  the  sexes  in  Comys  infelix  is  very  great,  perhaps  a  thousand 
females  to  one  male."  Is  colore  est  nigro,  pedibus  albo-pictis,  antennis  etiam 
totis  nigris,  pilis  concoloribus,  alis  immaculatis,  iridaceis. 

Gen.  Leptomastix  Forster. 

21.  Leptomastix  histrio  Mayr  (?)• 

Verh.  zool.  hot.  Gee.  Wien,  xxv.  1875.  p.  729. 

Exemplaria  duo,  apud  Mahe,  in  Anonyme  Island  collecta,  cum  Mayri  de- 
scriptione  italicae  Leptomasticis  histrionis  satis  congruentia,  his  notis  tantum 
differre  videntur  :  clava  paullum  breviore,  quam  praeclava  baud  magis  quam 
sesquilongiore  ;  scutello  nee  minute  rugoso,  nee  sculptura  a  parte  pracaxillari 
mesonoti  diverse,  subtiliter  reticulato ;  pronoto  et  mesopleura  baud  nigro- 
pictis ;  tarsis  posterioribus  minori  spatio  obscuratis  ;  vertice  tantum,  nee 
mesonoti  disco,  aurantiacis.  An  exemplaria  haec  seychellcnsia  iUi  speeiei 
pertineant,  dijudicari  non  potest  sine  typi  comparatione.  Mentionem  Mayr 
non  facit  de  maculis  fuscis  areae  ocellaris,  quae  in  exemplaribus  ita  sunt  dis- 
positae  :  una  oceUum  anteriorem  posteriori  sinistro  adjungens,  duo  aliae  minores 
ocellis  posterioribus,  potius  ad  sinistram  partem,  contiguae. 


Fig.   17. — Eucwnys  infelix,  var. 
albiscapua,  9* 

Proalae  pars  (x  30). 


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Gen.  Philoponectroma  Brethes. 
22.  Philoponectroma  incongruens,  sp.  n.  (fig.   18). 

Femina.  Nigra,  ocuiis  ob.scure  rubris,  ocellis  brunneis,  antennis  scapo  et 
flagello  flavis,  vel  hoc  griseo  et  scapo  tantum  flavo,  radicula  piUsque  nigris  ; 
femoribus  anticis  ac  posticis  in  parte  tertia  apicali,  intermediis  apice,  tibiis 
omnibus  tarsisque  mediis  praeter  articulum  quintum,  flavis,  ceteris  pedum  par- 
tibus  brunneis  ;    alarum  nervis  griseis  ;    pilis  capitis  ac  dorsi  albis. 

Caput  sublenticulare,  haud  thorace  latius,  vix  transversum,  latitudinis 
proportione  ad  longitudinem  sicut  8  :  7,  vertice  3/5  latitudinis  aequante  ;  de 
latere  inspectum  longitudine  duplam  latitudinem  aequans,  facie  aequaliter  cur- 
vata,  fronte  atque  vertice  haud  separatis  ;  hoc  antrorsum  fortiter  declivi,  margine 
occipitali  subacuto.  Ocelli  in  angulum  parum  obtusum  dispositi,  externi  ab 
orbitis  spatio  remoti  quam  ipsorum  diametro  fere  duplo  maiore,  a  margine 
occipitali  spatio  diametrum  vix  superante.  Oculi  glabri,  de  latere  inspecti 
elliptici,  diametro  longitudinali  quam  transverso  sesquOongiore.  Linea  ocularis 
inferior  paullum  infra  medium  faciei  ;  genae  sat  fortiter  curvatae  et  compresso- 
acutae  ;  clypeus  angustus  margine  externo  concavo,  labrum  elUpticum  non 
obtegens  ;  mandibulae  bidentatae.  Facies  inter  antennarum  insertiones  vix 
elevata,  haud  carinata,  scrobibus  nullis,  infra  ocellum  anteriorem  fovea  parva 
impressa,  spatio  interorbitali  quam  vertice  haud  latiore,  2/3  capitis  latitudinis 
aequante.  Superficies  capitis  pilis  longis,  haud  crebrLs,  spar.se  ornata,  sculptura 
minutissime  granulosa,  quum  fortiter  vitro  aucta  eonfertim  sulcato-reticulata, 
foveolis  rotundatis  sat  magnis,  haud  profunde  excavatis,  super  verticem  ac 
frontem  triseriatis. 

Antennae  in  linea  oculari  insertae,  radicula  tenui,  elongata,  1/3  scapi 
aequante  ;  hoc  subfusiformi,  leni- 
ter  compresso,  latitudine  ad  2/3 
longitudinis  maxima  ;  flagello 
filiformi,  longissimo,  abdominis 
apicem  superante  pilisque  in- 
structo  articulorum  latitudine 
paullum  maioribus.  aequaliter 
distributis  ;  pedicello  parvo,  coni- 
co,  vix  longiore  quam  latiore, 
funiculi  articuUs  bene  discretis, 
omnibus  crassitie  aequalibus, 
primo  latitudine  1/6  longitudinis 
aequante,  reliquis  gradatim  bre- 
vioribus,  sexto  quam  primo  proportione  10:  17  breviore ;  clava  indivi.sa,  quam 
articulo  praecedente  fere  duplo  longiore  et  primo  subaequah. 

Mesothoracis  pars  praeaxillaris  brevis,  transversa,  latitudine  triplam 
longitudinem  aequans,  quam  scutellum  dimidio  brevior,  sculptura  item  atque 
capitis  reticulata,  foveolis  rotundatis  piliferis  sparsis,  sulcis  autem  reticulum 
formantibus  fortiter  sinuatis.  Axillae  conniventes,  sculptura  magis  minuta, 
minus  fortiter  impressa.  Scutellum  scuto  longius,  triangulare  aequilaterum, 
foveolis  rotundatis  carens,  areolis  reticuli  quam  in  scuto  haud  maioribus  et 
secundum  lineas  reetas  longitudinales  in  superficie  fere  tota  dispositis.     Meso- 

10 


Fio,   18. — Philoponectroma  incongruens,  $. 

1,  antenun;  2,  proala ;  (x  30.     Areae  specuiares  sunt  piinctis 
circiimscriptiie). 


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pleura  reticulata,  areolis  quam  clorsi  minutioribus.     Tcgulae  subtiliter  strigv.- 
losae.     Metathoracis  spiracula  reniformia.     Fili  capitis  et  dorsi  aequales. 

Pi'oalae  ciliatae,  cellula  costali  angusta,  nervo  marginali  latitudine  sua 
magis  quam  duplo  longiore,  stigmatico  quam  hoc  sesquiloiigiore,  postmargiiiali 
incerte  limitato.  versixs  apicem  attenuato.  maiginalem  Icngitudine  baud  supe- 
rante ;  speculo  quam  nervi  stigmatici  longitudinc  baud  latiore,  ad  medium 
latitudinis  alae  terminato  ;  areola  prope  radiculam  aliaque  inter  speculum  et 
marginem  posticum  glabris.  Alae  metathoracis  cellula  costali  usque  ad  hair.ulcs 
extensa. 

Calcar  tibiae  mediae  metatarso  paullum  brevius,  tibiae  pcsticae  dimidio 
brevius. 

Abdomen  thoraci  aequilongum,  fortiter  eurvato-depressum,  triangulare. 
apice  truncate,  lateribus  rectis,  tergito  penultimo  medium  fere  attirgcnte, 
spiraculis  basi  fere  contiguis,  valvula  vcntrali  spatio  1/3  latitudinis  lasalisi 
aequante  prominula,  superficie  perspicue  at  minute  reticulata. 

Long.  1,5  mm. 

Mas.  Differt  scapi  latere  inferiore  pallide  griseo.  latere  superiore  cum 
flageUo  toto  brunneis,  pilis  articuloruni  griseis  ;  tegulis,  prothoracis  lateribus 
et  mesopleuris  ochraceo-rufis  ;  pedibus  pallide  flavo-griseis,  intermediis  tarso 
praeter  articulum  basale  fulvescente,  posticis  fcmoris  dorso,  tibia  fere  tota 
tarsoque  infuscatis  ;  pedicello  etiam  breviore.  funiculi  articulo  primo  magis 
elongate  et  quam  sexto  duplo  longiore,  flagelli  pilis  dimidiam  articuloruni 
longitudinem  attingentibus. 

Habitat.  Mahc  :  "country  above  Port  Glaud,  500-1,000  ft.;  Mare  aux 
Cochons  district,   1.000-2,000  ft."  (specimina  ?$)  ;    Cascade  E.state  (<?). 

Specimina  quatuor. 

Adn.  Haec  species  propter  antennarum  structuram  et  prcalae  setaium 
dispositionem,  nee  non  habitum,  cum  Philoponedromate  'pectinato  Bretb.  in  uno 
eodemque  genere  convcnire  videtur,  ab  eo  tamen  differt  oculis  glabris,  antenni.s 
longioribus,  scuto  longitudinem  scutelli  baud  superante,  abdcmine  magis  elongato. 


Gen.  Zeteticontus  Silvestri. 
23.  Zeteticontus  xanthopus,  sp.  n. 

Mas.  Capite,  metanoto  abdomineque  nigro-aeneis,  dorso  ante  scuteUum 
obscure  cj'aneo-viridi,  scutello  olivaceo,  rubro  et  aureo  nitente,  anteniii.-'  pedi- 
busque  praeter  coxas  ochraceis,  proalis  Icniter  infumatis.  nervis  bnuineis  ; 
genis  interdum  cyanescentibus,  antennarum  radicula  pilisque  nigris,  coxis 
anticis  in  dimidio  apicali  plus  minus  ochraceis,  tarsis  anticis  atque  pcsticis 
infuscatis. 

Vertex  dimidiam  capitis  latitudinem  cccupans,  pilis  longiusculis  .'-parse 
ornatus,  margine  cccipitali  acuto,  sculptura  item  atcjue  frcntis  minutissime 
reticulata,  foveolis  impressis  rotundatis,  biseriatis,  externis  margini  oculorum 
contiguis  seriem  fonnantibus  ad  argulum  inferiortm  crbitae  desincnfem.  Ocelli 
in  triangulum  fere  aequilaterum  dispositi,  externi  ab  cculis  spatio  renioti  quam 
eorum  diametro  dimidio  breviore.  Oculi  ele  latere  inspecti  margine  infero- 
posteriore  minus  curvato,  superficie  pilis  tenuibus,  longiusculis,  hand  crebris 
instructa.      Clypeus  recte  marginatus.      Labrura  margine  etiam  recto.      Man- 


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dibulae  longae,  fortiter  curvatae.     Scrobes  antennales  semicirculum  formantes 
inferne  orbitis  fere  contiguum. 

Antennae  mox  infra  lineam  ocuJarem  insertae,  ab  hac  multo  minus  qiiam 
a  clypeo  remotae,  carina  obtiisa  separatae,  pilosulae,  scapo  brevi  .subfusiformi, 
tlagello  quam  thorace  aliquantulum  longiore,  pedicello  aeque  longo  atque  lato, 
funiculi  articulis  crassis,  iuncturis  lateri  ventrali  inagis  propinquis,  articulo 
prinio  longitudine  duplam  latitudinem  vix  superante,  quam  pedicello  fere  dupio 
et  dimidio  longiore,  sequentibus  gradatim  paullum  brevioribus,  vix  angustioribus, 
ultimo  4/5  longitudinis  primi  aequante,  quam  clava  sesquibreviore,  huiusque 
articulo  basali  aequilongo,  latitudine  etiam  aequali. 

Pronotum  et  pars  praeaxillaris  mesonoti  sculptura  reticulata  minuta,  pilis 
ordine  dispositis,  longiusculis,  quam  scutelli  tamen  brevioribus.  Axillae  baud 
conniventes,  sculptura  etiam  reticulata,  sed  minus  conspicua,  quae  versus 
angulum  internum  lineis  transversalibus  confertissimis  tantum  constat. 
Scutellum  superficie  laevi,  nitida,  pilis  paucis  longis  instructum.  longitudine  et 
latitudine  aequali,  quam  scutum  proportione  5/4  longius,  apice  late  rotundatum, 
transverse  fortiter  cun^atum  et  secundum  lineam  longitudinalem  medianam 
tecti  instar  angulum  obtusissimum,  vix  conspicuum,  fornians. 

Proalae  cellula  costali  lata,  nerv'o  marginali  quam  latitudine  sua  triplo 
longiore,  quam  cellulae  costalis  latitudine  paullum  breviore  ;  neivo  stigmatico 
longitudinem  marginalis  vix  superante,  versus  apicem  gradatim  incrassato, 
baud  dentato,  cum  marginali  angulum  paium  obtusum  foimante  ;  nervo  post- 
marginali  dimidio  quam  marginali  breviore  ;  cellula  basali  glabra,  excepta 
setarum  serie  juxta  nervum  humeralem  decurrente,  serieque  altera  ex  puncto 
lij'alino  subcostae  usque  ad  marginem  posteriorem  oblique  disposita  et  versus 
aream  specularem  cellulam  limitante  ;  specido  magno,  lato,  extus  linea  recta 
seriei  setarum  basalium  parallela  limitato,  seric  autem  setarum  ex  angulo  neivi 
marginalis  cum  stigmatico  producta  in  duas  partes  aequali  latitudine  diviso, 
quarum  exterior  pilis  nonnullis  instructa,  aliis  non  longe  a  nervo  stigmatico 
ordine  singulo  oblicjue  dispositis,  aliis,  numero  3-4,  juxta  eundem  nervum 
uniseriatis.     Alae  metathoracis  cellula  costali  ad  hamulos  extensa. 

Abdomen  aeque  longum  atque  latum,  c^uam  scutum  duplo  longius. 

Femina  differt  antennis  ad  os  insertis,  magis  clypeo  quam  lineae  oculari 
propinquis,  scapo  longo  flavo-fusco,  flagello  nigro-brunneo  quam  thorace  aliquan- 
tulum breviore,  duplam  scapi  longitudinem  nonnihil  superante,  pilis  crebris 
quam  articulis  longioribus  instructo  ;  pedicello  latitudine  sua  longiore,  funiculi 
articulis  gradatim  crassioribus  et  brevioribus,  prime  pedicello  fere  aequilongo, 
ultimo  longitudine  primi  latiore  et  latitudine  sua  sesquibreviore  ;  clavae  articulo 
basali  quam  praeclava  parum  longiore,  secundo  parum  breviore,  apice,  quern 
articulus  tertius  totus  format,  obtuso,  rotundato,  post  mortem  immerso.  Man- 
dibulae  (item  atque  maris  ?)  elongatae,  fortiter  curvatae,  dentibus  duobus 
externis  sat  Icngis,  acutis,  interne  brevissimo. 

Long.  1,7  ram. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  :  "  endemic  forest  near  Mont  Pot-a-eau,  at  about 
1,500  ft." 

Adn.  Zeteiiconto  abili  quod  Silvestri  in  Guinea  Gallica  invenit  atque  de- 
scripsit,  unicae  generis  speciei  hucusque  notae,  species  haec  seychellensis  nunc 
annectitur,  quae  colore  viricli-aeneo,  antennis  pcdibusque  omnino  luteis,  facile 
dignosci  potest.     In  clava  maris  vestigium  suturae  articuli  tertii  recognovi,  in 


148  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

feminae  autem  articulum  apicale  membrana  tantum  apicis,  quae  exsiccatione 
immergitur,  con.stare  observavi. 
Specimina  duo  cJo,  unum  ?. 

Gen.  Euryrhopalus  Howard. 

24.  Euryrhopalus  diaphoroceras,  sp.  n.  (fig.s.   19,  20). 

Femina.  Capite  obscure  viridi,  subnitido,  vertice  nigricante  :  antenni.'* 
praeter  clavam  fuscam  obscure  luteis  ;  thorace  vix  nitente  cum  pleuris  abdomi- 
nisque  basi  nigro-cyaneis  ;  abdomine  reliquo  capiti  concolore ;  coxis  et  femoribus 
nigris,  tibiis  cum  calcaribus  brunneis,  tibiarum  secundi  paris  latere  anteriore 
in  dimidio  apicali  testaceo  ;  tarsis  omnibus  rufis  ;  proalis  ad  radiculam  infuscatis, 
spatio  pone  eellulam  basalem  usque  ad  dimidium  longitudinis  castaneo-umbrato, 
linea  pallida  longitudinaU,  post  medium  duplicata,  diviso.  in  latere  exteriore 
zona  albida  arcuata  limitato  ;  subcosta  flavo-fusca,  nervis  marginal!  et  stig- 
matico  brunneis. 

Caput  magnum,  lenticulare,  postice  excavatum,  antice  visum  subtransver- 
sum,  rotundatum  ;  oculis  permagnis,  latis,  glabris  ;  vertice  angusto  1/5  capitis 
latitudinis  aequante,  postice  acute  marginato,  antrorsum  decUvi,  versus  frontem 
liaud  limitato  ;  ocellis  in  triangulum  subaequilaterum  dispositis,  extemis  oculis 
contiguis  ;  antennarum  scrobibus  recte  linearibus,  superne  convergentibus 
sed  tamen  .separatis  ;  spatio  inter  antennas  transverse  curvato,  baud  carinato  ; 
superficie  tota  reticulo  insculpta  minutissimo,  sat  fortiter  impresso,  areolis 
genarum  elongatis,  fere  linearibus  ;  foveolis  rotundis  in  parte  inferiore  faciei 
excavatis,   .secundum   lineas   tran.sversas   sat   rcgulariter  di.spositis,   in   vertice 

quadriseriatis,  seriebus  externis  orbitae 
contiguis,  internis  in  fronte  duplicatis  itaque 
series  quatuor  formantibus. 

Antennae  ad  os  insertae,  inter  lineam 
ocularem  et  marginem  oralem  aequo  spatio 
remotae  ;   scapus  in  scrobe  fere  totus  recep- 
"_\"V--\-jyrr^  tus,  longitudine    3/4   latitudinis   oculi   fere 

V^r""       ■  •  ^  aequans,    dimidio  quam   flagellum  brevior  ; 

pedicellus  latitudine  sesquilongior  ;   funiculi 

Fio.  19. — Euryrhopalus  diaphorocerus,^.  ,.      ,.  .      .  .  ,  ,        . 

i.iiaseuumcxi5);.,proaiaenervi(^4o,.         articuh     trcs     primi     parv'i,     subquadrati, 

quatuor  sequentes  conspicue  maiores,  aeque 
longi  atque  lati,  bene  discrcti,  omnes  pilis  sat  longis  ornati ;  clava  articulis 
praecedentibus  duobus  et  dimidio  aequilonga,  suturis  obliquis  divisa. 

Thorax  brevis,  altus,  gibbosus.  Scutum  margine  antico  obtuse  angulato, 
postico  leniter  arcuato,  vestigio  sulci  scapularis  nuUo.  Axillae  eosta  longi- 
tudinal! coniunctae.  Scutellum  triangulare,  aeque  longum  atque  latum,  con- 
vexum,  apice  rotundatum.  Sculptura  totius  dorsi  reticulata,  quam  capitis 
minus  fortiter  impressa,  areolis  subrotundis  iUis  capitis  plerumque  maioribus. 
in  parte  anteriore  scutelli  eonspicuis,  versus  apioem  et  super  axillas  minoribus. 
Mesopleura  minute,  confertissime,  in  longitudinem  striata.  Metapleura  reticu- 
lata. 

Proalae  nervo  marginal!  brevissimo  parum  latitudine  sua  longiore,  post- 
marginaU  fere  nullo,  stigmatico  quam  marginal!  triplo  longiore  ;  margine  apicali 
breviter  ciliato  ;    cellula  costali  lata  setisque  instructa  secundum  lineam  dis- 


NOVITATES   ZOOLOGICAE   XXIV.    1917.  149 

positis   longitudinalem    dimidium    eiii.s   apicale   dividentem    superque   nervum 
marginalem  desinentem  ;    cellula  basali  fere  tota  glabra. 

Abdomen  thorace  brevius,  depressiim,  politum.  Terebra  apice  crasso, 
fusifonni. 

Pili  hand  frequentes,  super  caput  ac  thorax  ordinati,  in  apice  scuteUi  paul- 
lum  longiores,  .super  faciem  brevissimi,  ad  marginem 
segmenti  primi  abdominalis  uniseriati. 

Long.  1,5  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :   Cascade  Estate. 

Specimen  unicum. 

Adn.  Huic  generi,  Bothriothoraci  afKni,  una 
tantum  species  pertinebat,  Eu.  schwarzi  How.,  in 
Florida  capta,  a  seychellensi  praecipue  difEerens  funi- 
culi articulis  multo  brevioribus,  clava  latiore  et  funiculo 
fere  aequilonga.  Verisimile  mihi  videtur  has  species,  fiq.  20. — Buryrhopalua 
etsi    flagelli    structura    diversas,    eidem    generi   esse  diaphoroceiua,  $. 

attribuendas,  nam  in  Bothriothorace  funiculi  articulorum       ''''^"  "'TrS"  ""A"  ''""  "^ 
et  clavae  forma  ac  proportio  valde  variant. 

Gen.  Symphycus,  n. 

Species  quam  sum  descripturus,  secundum  Mayri  monographiam  Encyrto 
potius  adscribenda,  Aphyco  aifinis  est  antennarum  feminae  structura.  Ab  hoc 
autem  genere  setarum  nervorumque  in  proalis  di-positione,  nee  non  antennis 
maris  ab  illis  feminae  valde  differentibus,  facile  di.tingui  potest. 

25.  Sjnnphycus  aphycoides,  sp.  n.  (figs.  21,  22). 

Femina.  Nigra,  oculis  tegulisque  concoloribus,  capite  et  dorso  subopacis 
interdum  nigro-aeneis  ;  ocellis  et  scapo  flavo-brunneis,  funiculo  nigro,  clava 
versus  apicem  gradatim  pallidiore,  in  articulo  apicali  griseo-albida  ;  pedibus 
fere  totis  brunneis,  tibiis  fiavo-fuscis,  mediis  obscure  luteis,  tarsis  omnibus 
colore  hoc  dilutiore  et  apice  infuscato  ;  alls  leniter  fumatis,  nervis  flavo-griseis, 
marginali  et  postmarginali  quam  ceteris  obscurioribus,  stigmatico  grisescente 
pallido  ;    pilis  dorsi  griseo-fuscis,  antennarum  nigris. 

Caput  vix  thorace  latius,  longitudine  et  latitudine  subaequalibus  (pro- 
portione  100:112)  vertice  postice  marginato  1/3  fere  latitudinis  formante  ; 
ocellis  in  triangulum  aequilaterum  dispositis,  externis  ab  oculis  remotis  spatio 
ipsorum  diametro  aequali  ;  oculis  hirtis  ;  genis  orbitis  fere  aequilongis,  infra 
magis  incurvis ;  peristomio  sat  lato,  clypei  margine  leniter  convexo,  man- 
dibulis  parvis  acute  tridentatis  denteque  medio  longiore  ;  facie  immersa,  inferne 
subcarinata  ;  insertione  antennarum  labro  magis  quam  lineae  oculari  propinqua. 
Caput  de  latere  inspectum  crassum,  semiovale,  cculis  late  ovalibus,  genis 
perspicue  recte  sulcatis. 

Antennae  inter  se  magis  quam  ab  ore  distantes,  sat  longe  rigido-pilosae. 
Scapus  subfusiformi-compressus,  latere  ventrali  magis  arcuato  ;  pedicellus 
conicus,  latitudine  sesquilongior  ;  articulus  primus  funiculi  parvus  fere  aeque 
longus  atque  latus  ;  sequentes  bene  discreti,  basi  rotundati,  apice  truncati, 
gradatim  longiores  et  crassiores,  conspicue  magnitudine  crescentes  ;  articulus 
secundus  pedicello  latitudine  aequalis,  sextus  longitudine  sua  fere  duplo  latior, 
triplam  latitudinem  articuli  primi  fere  aequans,  longitudinis  pedicelli  3/4  tantum 


150 


NOVITATES   ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1017. 


\\v\  V^ 

Fio.  21.^ — Symphycus  aphycoidee. 

1,  feminae  antenna  ( X  80);  "J,  maris  (X  87). 


attiiigens.     Clava  magna,  quam  funiculus  dimidio  brevior,  subcomprcssa,  apice 

truncato-rotundata,  praeclavae  latitudinem  paullo 
superans,  basi  suturisque  valde  obliquis,  pilis 
quam  funiculi  brevioribus  et  versus  apicem  cur- 
tantibus. 

Thorax  brevis,  gibbus,  dorso  pilis  subtilibus 
sat  longis  usque  ad  apicem  scutelli  ornato.  Pars 
praeaxillaris  mesonoti  desuper  inspecta  trape- 
zoidalis,  lateribus  rectis.  Axillae  baud  conni- 
ventes.  Scutellum  triangulare,  aeque  longum 
atque  latum,  apice  baud  rotundatum,  quam 
mesonotum  sesquilongius.  Scutum  sculptura  re- 
ticulata ;  areolae  axillarum  parum  minores,  baud 
elongatae,  omnes  aequales  ;  areolae  scutelli  quam 
mesonoti  et  axillarum  paullum  minores.  Meso- 
pleura  subnitida,  minute  et  subtiliter  reticulato- 
sulcata.     Metapleura  striato-rugosa. 

Proalae  magnae.  cellula  eostali  sat  lata,  nervo  marginali  ad  1/3  longitudinis 
incipiente,  fere  duple  longiore  quam  latiore,  stigmatico  huic  aequilongo,  post- 
marginali  sesquibreviore  ;  pilis  super  cellulani 
basalem  et  infra  nervum  marginalem  raris,  quam 
ceteris  multo  longioribus  ;  area  speculari  baud 
determinata.  Alae  metathoracis  cellula  eostali 
ad  hamulos  extensa. 

Pedes  intermedii  tarso  infra  rigido-setoso, 
calcari  acuminato  apicem  metatarsi  vix  attin- 
gente  ;    tibiae  posticae  calcari  parvo. 

Abdomen  cordifonne,  spiraculis  basi  propin- 
quis,  valvula  paullum  prominente. 
Long.  1  mm. 

Mas  differt  thorace  abdomineque  supra 
nitidis,  dorso  obscure  griseo-viridi,  scutello  in  dimidio  anteriore  vitta  longitu- 
dinali  cuprescenti-fusca  ;  antennis  fiavo-fuscis  baud  incrassatis.  pilis  obsciiriori- 
bus,  baud  vcrticillatis,  et  super  clavam  atque  funiculum  quam  huius  articulis 
dupio  longioribus,  pedicello  brevi,  articulis  funiculi  cylindricis  omnibus  crassitie 
aequalibus,  ultimis  latitudine  aesquilongioribus  ;  clava  inarticulata  (?)  quam 
praeclava  fere  dujjlo  longiore  ;  oculis  de  latere  inspectis  latioribus,  subrotundis  ; 
mesopleurae  sculptura  magis  obsoleta,  vix  conspicua  ;  nervo  stigmatico  ncnnihil 
longiore  ;  abdomine  elongate  triangulari,  quam  thorace  paullum  breviore. 
Long.  1,25  mm. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  :     Mare   aux   Cochcns.— JIahe  :   Cascade  Estate.     "  At 
about    1,00(1   ft." 

Specimina  tria  $9,  unum  S- 


Fig.  22. — Symphycus  aphycoides,  $. 
1.  proala  (X  3U) ;  2,  eiusdem  nervi(x  9C). 


Gen.  Blastothrix  Mayr. 
26.  Blastothrix,  sp.  (fig.  23). 
Femina.  Capite  aurantiaco,  mesonoti  parte  praeaxUlari,  axillis  et  scutello 
aeruginosis,  vel  interdum  leniter  infuscatis,  vel  capiti  concoloribus,  mcsopleuris 


NOVITATES   ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917.  151 

ochraceis,  abdomine  brunneo,  pedibus  albidis  ;  oculis,  ocellis,  antennanim 
radicula,  scapo,  excepto  annulo  articulari  et  macula  lateris  anterioris  ad  basim 
fasciaque  arcnata  ad  apicem,  pedicello  non  ultra  2/3  eius  longitudinis,  et  funiculi 
articulo  primo  toto,  nigris,  reliquis  antennae  partibus  pilisque  omnibus  albis  ; 
pronoto  praeter  humeros  flavescentes,  mesonoti  margine  anteriore,  axillarum 
suturis,  linea  media  scutelli  usque  ad  dimidium  longitudinis.  nee  non  metanoto, 
etiam  nigris  ;  pilis  dorsi  albis  ;  sutura  freni  inconspicua  interdum  maculi.s 
fumatis  indicata  ;  tegulis,  axUlulis  et  alarum  nervis  brunnec-griseis  ;  meta- 
pleuris  abdominisque  basis  lateribus  brunneo-Iuteis  ;  margine  femorum  superiore, 
tibiarum   exteriore,   fusco-lineatis.   tibiarum   basi   extus  fusco-maculata.   tarsis 

apice  brunneis  ;    alis  leniter  fumatis. 

Habitus  sicut  in  figuris  Bl.  subproximae  8ilvestri  {Boll.  Labor.  Zool.  gen. 

c  agr.  Portici,  ix.  1915.  p.  346.  figs.  vii.  viii.). 

Vertex    1/3   capitis   latitudinis   oecupan.s    (in    uno   spccimine   proportione 
10  :  28,5,     in  alio    10  :  29,5).     Ocelli     triangulum     subaequilaterum   formantes. 

posteriores  ab  oculis  remoti  spatio  eorum  diametrum  nonnihil  superante.     Scapus 

valde  laminato-compressus,  dupio  longior 

quam  latior,  latitudine  maxima  ad  niediam 

longitudinem.  latere  ventrali  fortiter  cur-         CTJ  ^..X-i^--^ 

vato  :   pedicellus  latitudine  scapi  paullum 

brevior ;     funiculi     articuli     aequilongi, 

ultimus     pedicello     baud,     primus     vix 

angustior ;    clava   articulos   praecedentes 

duos  et  dimidium   longitudine    aequans, 

i„  +  ;+„  1-  ,,     ,.    .  Fig.  23. — Blaatolhrix  sp.,  2. 

latitudine     parum    superans.       Verticis, 

^  Antenna  (x  5S). 

mesopleurae  abdominisque  sculptura,  nisi 

magis    quam    100   diam.    magnificata,    inconspicua,    confertissime   punctulata, 

abdominis  foveolis  paullum   elongatis  ;    sculptura  dorsi  etiam   magis   minuta. 

Nervus    postmarginalis   et   stigmaticus   aequilongi.    quam   marginalis  nonnihil 

longiores. 

Long.  1,15-1,18  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :  "  found  near  Morne  Blanc  and  at  Cascade  Estate,  but  only 
in  dense  beds  of  the  introduced  fern  Gleichenia  dichotoma."  * 

Specimina  sex. 

Adn.  Blastothrix  insolitus  How.  (Chalcididae  of  the  Isle  of  Grenada  :  Journ. 
Linn.  Soc.  xxvi.  1898.  p.  150)  huic  speciei  colore  aliisque  characteribus  similis, 
nervo  postmarginali  brevissimo  praecipue  difierre  videtur. 

Gen.  Scotteus,  n. 

Huius  generis  femina  tantum  mihi  nota  est,  eiusque  mandibulas  et  abdominis 
tegmenta  examinare  non  potui.  Antennis  atque  proaHs  similitude  est  Bothrio- 
thoraci  oleae  et  B.  minori  Silv.,  qui  tamen  a  typicis  BothriotJioracibus  satis  differunt. 
Characteres  qui  praecipui  videntur.  hi  sunt  :  caput  crassum,  transverse  ellipti- 
cum,    scrobibus   confluentibus,   profundis.  vertice   angusto.  sparsim   punetato ; 

*  Dense  patches  of  this  fern  are  numerous  in  the  mountain-forests  of  the  Seychelles.  Another 
insect  found  exclusively,  and  in  large  numbers,  in  them,  was  Semidalia  aJTicana  Enderlein,  the 
only  Coniopterygid  found  in  the  Seychelles  (see  Trans.  Linn.  Soc.  xiv.  1910.  pp.  28,  57).— HuQH 
Soorr. 


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NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    IfllT. 


thorax  brevis,  sciitello  longitxidine  latius,  setis  paiicis  sparsis  instnicto,  in  disco 
et  basi  confertissimc  piinctato,  reliqua  superficie  lacvi.  nitida  ;  abdomen  lati- 
tudine  brevius,  etiam  seniicirculare  ;  femora  subcompressa,  curvata  ;  tibiae 
apice  latae. 

Clarissimo  viro  Hugh  Scott  hoc  genus  dicatur. 


27.  Scotteus  ochroleucus,  sp.  n.  (fig.  24). 

Femina.  Capite  viridi,  aureo-nitente,  ad  marginem .oralem  ob.scure  cjaneo, 
oculis,  ocellis,  .scapo  et  pedicello  nigro-biunneis,  hoc  apice.  itemque  iuuiculi 
articulis,  brunneis,  clava  pallide  flavo-grisca  ;  corpore  pcdibusque  maxima 
parte  flavo-ochracei.'!,  coxis  et  femoribus  postiei.s  abdcmineque  ad  brunntum 
colorem  vergentibus,  mesonoti  parte  praeaxiUari  nitore  subviridi.  metallico, 
scutelli  partibus  in.sculpti.s,  id  est  basi  et  disco,  aeneis,  reliquis  politis  aureo  vel 
purpureo  nitentibus. 

Caput  latitudine  metathoraccm  vix  superans,  antice  inspcctum  transverse 
ellipticum,  diametro  minore  3/4  maioris,  vertice  argusto  1/4,  aequantibus  ; 
oculis  magnis  baud  prominulis.  pubescentia  brevi  at  satis  conferta,  c-rbita  faciali 
valde  divergente  ;  linea  oculari  inferiore  2/5  capitis  Inngitudinis  ab  ere  remcta  ; 
torulis  superne  banc  lineam  tangentibus,  inferne  inter  cam  et  marginem  oralem 
aeque  remotis  ;  scrobibus  profunde  excavatis,  extus  marginatis  atque  orbitis 
fere  contiguis,  superne  confluentibus  et  arcum  formantibus  ultra  mediam  orbi- 
tarum  altitudinem  verticem  fere  attingentem  ;  area  triangulari  scrcbibus  inter- 
posita  elevata.  Ocelli  in  triangulum  subaequilaterum  dispositi,  posteriores 
oculos  tangentes,  a  margine  occipitali  acuto  spatio  eorum  diametro  aequali, 

inter  sese  spatio  duplo  remoti.  Caput  do 
latere  visum  subtriangulare,  latum,  genis 
vix  obtuse  carinatis,  conspicue  sulcatis  et 
reticulo  minuto  inscidptis,  areolis  angustis 
elongatis,  ita  ut  eae  striatae  appareant. 
Reliqua  capitis  superficip.s  nitida.  minute 
ac  fere  inconspicue  reticulato-sulcata  ; 
vertex  etiam  punctis  sparsis,  in  linea 
transversa  4-5,  impressus ;  fovea  anten- 
nalis  reticulo  fortius  insculpto. 

Scapus  scrobem  superans,  compresso- 
claviformis,  in  dimidio  apicali  lateris  ven- 
tralis  carinatus,  apice  tamen  constrictus ; 
pedicellus  duplo  longior  quam  apice  latior, 
1/3  scapi  et  articulos  duos  sequentes  longi- 
tudine  aequans  ;  funiculi  articuli  sensim, 
at  modice,  maiores,  subquadrati ;  clava 
dimidiam  longitudinem  funiculi  cum  pedi- 
cello aequans,  conipressa,  cjuani  ])raeelava 
fere  duplo  latior,  in  dimidio  apicaH  lateris 
ventralis  oblique  truncata,  margine  articuli  secundi  pauUum  pone  medium 
longitudinis  cblique  disposito,  curvato. 

Thorax  latus  ;   pronoto  brevissimo  ;   mescnoti  parte  praeaxiUari  longitudine 
sesquilatiorc,    minute   reticulato-sulcata   areclis   transversis,   setis   sparsis,    4-5 


Fio.  24. — Scottetia  ochroleucus,  $. 
1.  antenna  (x  45);  2,  proala  (x  45,  areas  obscuras  et 
lineam  specularem  demonstrat);    3,  eiusdem   pars   stig- 
matica  (X  85). 


NOVTTATES  ZOOLOr.ICAE  XXIV.    1917.  153 

secundum  lineam  longitudinalem  dispositis  ;  tegulis  magnis  ;  axUlis  angulo 
interiore  contiguis  ;  Kcutello  convexo,  lato,  margine  fere  semicirculari,  disco  et 
parte  basali  usque  ad  medium  lateris  posterioris  axillarum  confertissime  punctu- 
lato,  reliqua  superficie  laevi,  nitida,  setis  paucis  sparsis  ;  mesopleura  subtiliter 
reticulato-sulcata  areoHs  rhombicis.  Metanotum  haud  parvum,  planum.  Meta- 
thoracis  latitude  =  29  ;  distantia  inter  angulos  antericres  axillarum  22  ;  scutelli 
longitude  15. 

Proalae  nervo  marginali  ante  medium  sito,  punctiformi  ;  postmarginali 
brevissimo  et  stigmatico  duple  longiore  non  bene  determinatis  ;  linea  glabra 
speculari  nervum  marginalem  fere  attingente.  Alae  metathoracis  cellula  costali 
paullum  ante  medium  nervi  marginalis  terminata. 

Pedes  femoribus  compressis,  cui'vatis.  libia  media  apice  dilatato  quam 
basi  sesquilatiore,  calcari  crasso  metatarso  aequilongo  ;  hie  articulo  sequente 
duplo  longior.  libia  postica  calcari  unico  munita  eius  latitudini  apicali  aequi- 
longo. 

Abdomen  breve,  latum,  depressum,  fere  semicirculare,  terebrae  valvis  vix 
prominulis,  superficie  reticulato-sulcata.  Basis  latitude,  in  specimine  exsiccate, 
=  28,  longitude  18  ;   oviductus  prominentia  2,5. 

Long.  0,9  mm. 

Hahihit.  Mahe.  apud  Merne  Blanc. 

Specimen  uniciim. 

Gen.  Encyrtus  Dalman. 
28.  Encyrtus  ventralis,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Faciei  dimidio  inferiore  temporibusque  viridibus,  fronte  atque 
vertice  aeneis,  punctis  nitentibus  aureis  vel  rubris  ;  eculis  nigris,  ecellis 
brunneis  ;  pronoto  nigro,  mesonete  in  parte  praeaxillari  laete  viridi  pilisque  albis 
ornate  ;  axillis  nigro-vrridibus  ;  scutelli  apice  violaceo,  parte  reliqua  abdeminis- 
que  dimidie  posteriore  obscuris,  leniter  purpureo-nitentibus ;  abdominis 
dimidio  basali  supra  et  infra  aurantiace  ;  mesopleuris  violaceis,  metapleuris 
grisee-viridibus  ;  antennis,  tegulis  et  alarum  nervis  flavo-griseis  ;  pedibus  luteis, 
coxis  tantum  basi,  tarsisque  apice,  infuscatis. 

Caput  subtransversum.  Vertex  1/4  capitis  latitudinis  occupans,  margine 
eccipitali  subacute,  ecellis  angulum  fere  rectum  fermantibus,  externis  ab  oculis 
spatie  ipsorum  diametre  vix  breviore  remotis.  Oculi  glabri.  Facies  post 
mortem  profunde  immersa,  minute  reticulata,  fronte  etiam  reticulata,  medice 
vitro  aucta  granulosa.  Sculptura  verticis  minute  granulosa  apparens,  feveelis 
nonnullis  parum  profundis,  sparsis,  quam  areolis  reticuli  vix  maieribus.  diffi- 
culter  censpiciendis.  Antennae  ad  es  insertae,  flagelle  quam  capitis  latitudine 
paullum  maiore,  funiculi  articulis  1.-3.  subaequalibus,  parvis,  longitudine 
paullum  angustieribus,  simul  sumptis  quam  pedicello  vix  longieribus  ;  articule 
4.  et  5.  quam  prime  fere  sesquilongioribus  ac  maiori  latitudine,  articulo  sexte 
quam  prime  fere  duplo  longiore  ;  clava  magna,  longitudinem  articulorum  funi- 
culi 3.-6.  aequante,  quam  praeclava  vix  latiore,  in  articulos  subaequales  divisa. 

Mesonotum  reticulatum,  areolis  aequalibus  quam  verticis  granulis  maieri- 
bus ;  axillae  haud  conniventes,  sculptura  minutissima,  vix  ccnspicienda  ; 
scutellum  nitidum,  latitudine  sua  brevius  proportione  10  :  13,  in  1/4  apicali 
laeve,  reliquo  spatie  reticulatum,  areolis  prope  axillas  illis  mesonoti  aequalibus. 


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versus  apicem  sensim  minoribus.  Mesopleurae  reticulatae,  areolis  quam  scuti 
vix  maioribus. 

Proalae  sat  longe  ciliatae,  nervo  marginali  aeque  longo  atque  lato,  nerv^o 
stigmatico  quam  marginali  parum  longiore,  postmarginali  fere  nullo,  incerte 
terminate,  setis  super  cellulam  basalem  raris.  brevioribus,  speculo  lato,  txtus 
bene  limitato  et  secundum  lineam  mediam  setis  nonnullis  instructo. 

Abdomen  thoraci  aequilongum,   reticulatum.  aspectu  subgranuloMim. 

Long.  0.95  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :    Cascade  Estate. 

Specimen  unicum. 

Gex.  Paiageniaspis,  n. 

Huic  generi  affinitas  est  Encyrto  sensu  lato,  sed  magis  Ageniaspidi. 
C'haracteres  eius  praecipui  hi  sunt  :  flagellum  crassiusculum,  forma  in  maribus 
atque  feminis  vix  diversa  ;  funiculi  articuli  sex  bene  discreti,  primus  quam 
secundus  haud  conspicue  minor,  omnes  in  mare  subquadrati  ;  clava  utriusque 
sexus  ovata.  distincte  articulata. 

29.  Parageniaspis  macrocerus,  sp.  n.  (figs.  25,  26). 

Femina.  Capite  pro  parte  ct  thoracis  lateribus  nigris,  vertice,  fronte, 
mesonoti  parte  praeaxillari  abdomineque  nigro-aeneis.  subnitidis  ;  scutello 
obscure  viridi,  metallico,  lateribus  et  apice  auratis  magis  nitentibus  ;  meta- 
pleura  interdum  his  partibus  concolore  ;  oculis  griseo-rufis,  antennis,  tegulis, 
coxis  omnibus,  femoribus  anticis  in  dimidio  basali,  posterioribus  praeter  apicem 
vel  totis,  tibiis  posticis  praeter  apicem  vel  etiam  praeter  latus  anterius, 
brunneis  ;  tarsorum  articulo  ultimo  vittaque  in  latere  anteriore  tibiae  antieae 
fuscis,  reliquis  pedum  partibus  obscure  luteis  ;  proalis  grisescentibus,  nervo 
marginali  brunneo,  stigmatico  pallido. 

Caput   vertice   haud  lato    1/3   totius  latitudinis  occupante  ;    ocellis  in  tri- 

angulum  fere  aequilaterum  dis- 
positis,  externis  spatio  ab  ocuhs 
remotis  quam  ipsorum  diametro 
dimidio  breviore  ;  oculis  sat  ma- 
gnis,  hirtis ;  genis  subrectis  his 
fere  aequilongis  ;  clypei  margine 
arcuato  ;  antennis  inter  os  et 
lineam  ocularem  insertis,  eminen- 
tia  parva  separatis. 

Flagellum  crassum,  pilis  lon- 
giusculis  usque  ad  medium  clavae 
instructum,  funiculi  articulis  et 
clava  isthmo  tenui,  brevissimo, 
coniunctis ;  pedicello  latitudine 
sua  sesquilongiore  :  articulo  primo  funiculi  quam  pedicello  breviore,  sequen- 
tibus  gradatim  latioribus,  vix  brevioribus,  sexto  longitudine  sua  paullum  latiorc  ; 
clava  divisa,  articulis  praecedentibus  duobus  ct  dimidio  aequilorga,  nonnihii 
crassiore 

Sculptura  capitis  reticulata,  minuta,  vix  conspicua,  super  verticem  et 
frontem  areolis  maioribus  constans,  punctis  piliferis  paucis  sparse  impressis. 


Fig.  25. — Parageniaspis  macrocerus. 

1,  maris;  2,  feminae  antenna;  (x  80). 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOOICAE    XXIV.     1917.  155 

Dorsum  ante  scutellum  reticiilatiini.  foveolis  piliferis  sat  magnis  sparsis  ; 
scutellum  subtriangulare,  in  longitudinem  conferte  et  subtiliter  striato-reticu- 
latum,  lateribus  et  apice  glabris  sculptura  fere  obsoleta,  reliquo  spatio  pilis 
paucis  longis  seriatis  ornatum.  Axillae  hand  conniventes,  reticulo  quam  in 
scutello  magis  minuto.  Mesopleurae  fortiter  vitro  auctae  (x  150)  scabrae, 
sculptura  baud  conspicua 

Proalae  fere  duple  quam  abdomen  longiores,  .sub  nervo  stigmatico  latissimae, 
costa  u.sque  ad  mediam  longitudinem  extensa,  nervo  marginal!  fere  triple  longiore 
quam  latiore,  stigmatico  huic  aequilongo  dente  acuto  terminate,  nervo  post- 
marginaU  incerte  limitate,  quam  marginali  baud  breviore  ;  cellula  costali  pilis 
instructa  brevissimis,  sparsis,  aliisque  in  dimidio  extericre  marginis  longis 
uni.seriatis  ;  cellula  basali  et  area  speculari  usque  ad  marginem  posticum  etiam 
longe  at  parce  pilosis  ;  margine  exteriore  pilis  baud  brevibus  ornato  quorum 
maximi  nervo  marginali  fere  aequilongi. 

Pedes  satis  elengati,  intermedii  tarso  indentato,  spini.s  tenuibus  munito 
nee  non  calcari  longitudinem  articuli  tarsalis  primi  aequante  ;  tibiae  posticae 
apice  baud  compresso-dilatatae,  calcari  parvo  instructae. 

Abdomen  subtriquetrum,  therace  vix  longius,  apice  acuto,  supeificie  reticu- 
lata, sculptura  minus  perspicua,  areolis  tamcn  quam  in  scute  maioribus. 

Long.  1,3  mm. 

Mas  differt  vertice,  fronte,  dorse  abdomineque  viridi-aeneis,  facie  inter 
antennarum  insertiones  violacea,  pedibus  nigro- 
brunneis,  genubus,  tibiis  apice,  mediis  totis,  tar-  xfy /-/•'^^y? 
sisque  omnibus  obscure  luteis,  borum  apice  fusee  ; 
funiculi  articulis  subquadratis  fere  aec[ualibus, 
sicut  in  femina  breviter  pedunculatis,  articulo  sexto 
aeque  longo  atque  late,  clava  quam  hoc  duple 
longiore,  articulis  subdiscretis,  basali  quam  praeclava 

.,  .,    ,  .  ,    ,  ...         i-      1    t  Fig.  2G.—Paragemaapis 

nonnihij   longiore  ;  sculptura  verticis  reticulata  per-  macrocerus,  <J, 

spicua  foveolis  rotundatis  magnis,  numerosis,  juxta        proaiae  pars  dimijia  basaiis  (x  es). 

oculos  fere    contigiiis  ;     mesopleura    confertim    et 

minute  striate-sulcata  :  abdomine  triangulari,  apice  truncate,  quam  in  femina 

breviore,  latitudine  paullum  longiore,  dorse  immerse,  segmentis  subaequalibus. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :   Cascade  Estate. — Silhouette  :   Mare  aux  C'ochons. 

Specimina  duo  ??,  unum  (J. 

Gex.  Geniaspidius,  n. 
Species  cuius  descripto  sequitur,  generi  novo  Ageniaspidi  aflfini  attribuenda, 
ab  ee  differt  funiculi  articuhs  in  mare  omnibus  aequilongis,  scutelli  super- 
ficie  tota  pilosa,  alae  metatheracis  cellula  cestali  nervi  marginalis  initium  attin- 
gente,  calcari  secundi  paris  pedum  quam  in  Ageniaspide  minore  ac  minus  rebusto, 
tibiis  posticis  biealearatis,  aliisque  etiam  characteribus,  qui  an  in  feminis  quoque 
occurrant  mihi  est  ignotum,  Verticis  et  frontis  sculptura m  nervique  stigma- 
tici  formam  pro  generis  characteribus  sumere  non  aestimavi. 

30.  Geniaspidius  viduus,  sp.  n.  (fig.  27). 

Mas.  Niger,  scape  concolore,  flagello,  alarum  nervis,  thoracis  abdominisque 
latere  ventrali,  pedibusque  cum  coxis  flavo-griseis,  femoribus  autem  omnibus 
et  tibiis  posticis  obscurioribus,  tibiis  mediis  interne  et  apice,  cum  tarsis,  pallidis. 


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NOTITATES    ZOOLOGICAE   XXIV.    1917. 


Vertex  1/3  capitis  latitudinis  occupans,  ocellis  in  triangulum  subaequi- 
laterum  dispositis,  po-sterioribus  ab  oculis  atque  margine  occipitali  spatio  eorum 
diametrum  fere  aequante  remotis.  Ociili  pubescentes,  ex  latere  inspecti  sub- 
rotundi ;  genae  sulco  .subtili  at  profundo  notatae  ;  peristomium  angustum,  clypei 
margine'  arcuato  ;     mandibulae    parvae,    tridentatae ;     facies    inter    antennas 

obtuse  carinata. 

Scapus  ad  medium  crassior  ;  pedicellus  latitudine  et  longitudine  aequalibus  ; 

articuli  sex  sequentes  omnes  bene  discreti,  subaequales,  quam  pedicellus  sesqui- 

longiores   sed    baud    crassiores ;    clava    articulis  duobus 

praecedentibus    paullum    longior,    suturis    parum    con- 

spicuis. 

Sculptura  capitis  minute  reticulata,  leniter  impressa, 
foveolis  nonnullis  in  fronte  quadriseriatis  seriebusque 
externis  orbitis  contiguis. 

Mesonoti  pars  praeaxillaris  item  que  scuteUum  in 
longitudinem  confertim  et  minutissime  striata,  pilis  sat 
magnis,  crebris,  ordine  dispositis,  instructa.  Pleurae 
minute  reticulatae. 

Proalae  magnae,  apicem  abdominis  valde  superantes, 

latitudine  longiores  proportione   2:7;    cellula  basali  in 

dimidio  interiore  fere  omnino  glabra,  in  exteriore  pilis 

nonnullis  sat  longis  ornata  ;   pubescentia  breviore,  satis 

conferta,    sub    nei-vo   marginali  incipiente,  speculo  inter 

banc  et  cellulam  basalem  incerte  limitato  ;  pilis  fimbriae 

longiusculis ;    nervo    marginali    latitudine    sua     sesqui- 

longiore,  stigmatico  quam  marginali  fere  dimidio  breviore 

denteque  parvo  ad  medium  lateris  anterioris  instnicto, 

nervo  postmarginali  quam  stigmatico  baud  longiore.      Alae  posteriores  apicem 

abdominis  vix  superantes,  cellula  costali  super  nervum  marginalem  non  elongata. 

Calcar    medium    satis    tenue,    acuminatum,    metatarsum    baud    superans. 

Tibiae  posticae  calcaribus  duobus  parvis,  subaequalibus,  munitae. 

Abdomen  thoraee    baud  longius,  basi  angustum,  elongate  triangulari,  non 
longe  a  basi  prope  spiracula  setis  instructum  eius  apicem  fere  attingentibus. 
Long.  0,9  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :   Cascade  Estate. 
Specimen  unicum. 


Fio.  27. — Geniaepidiua 
viduus,  (J. 

1,  antennae  apex ;  2,  proalae 
nervi;  3,  pedis  intermedii  tibiae 
apex  cum  tarso ;  (X  80). 


Gen.  Habrolepis  Forster. 
31,  Habrolepis  aeruginosa,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Aeruginosa,  oculis  occllisque  brunneis.  vertice  iridescente  ;  scapo, 
femoribus  tibiisque  in  latere  inferiore  nigro  lineatis  ;  calcari  medio  et  tarsorum 
apice  fuscis  ;  mesonoto  et  scutello  subnitidis,  cyaneo-micantibus  ;  proalis  fere 
totis  infumatis  at  his  partibus  hyalinis  :  fascia  sub  nervo  humerali,  area 
infra  huius  medium,  alia,  .subrotunda,  ad  angulum  alae  posteriorem,  alia  forma 
semicirculari,  apicem  occupante,  aliaque  circum  extremitatem  nervi  marginalis, 
incerte  limitata. 

Vertex  reticulatus,  punctis  setigeris  irrcgulariter  in  longitudinem  dispositis, 
in  margine  orbitali  tantum  uniseriatis  ;    spatio  inter  oculos  aeque  longo  atque 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917.  157 

lato  ;  ocellis  angulum  obtusum  formantibus,  posterioribus  margini  occipitali 
acuto  et  orbitae  fere  contiguis.  Sviperficies  ocularis  pubescens.  Scapus  laminato- 
compressus,  marginc  inferiore  conspicue  arcuato.  (Reliquae  antcnnarum  partes 
in  specimine  desunt.)  Jlesonoti  par.s  praeaxillaris  reticulato-squamosa,  areolis 
quam  verticis  maioribus.  Axillae  et  scutellum  .sculptura  reticulata  minus 
conspicua,  in  apice  seutelli  fere  obsoleta.  .Scutellum  latitudine  sua  parum 
longius,  forma  semielliptica,  setis  nonnullis  longis,  tenuibus,  instructum.  Prcalae 
ner\'o  stigmatico  marginali  aequilongo  :  fascia  glabra  specular!  incerte  limitata, 
setis  super  cellulam  basalem  infraque  nervum  marginalem,  item  atque  in  nervis 
omnibus,  longioribus. 

Long.   1,3  mm. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  :    Mare  aux  Cochons  plateau. 

Adn.  Proalarum  maculae  fumatae  eodem  modo  sunt  in  hac  specie  dis- 
positae  quo  in  Hahrolepide  dalmanni  Westw.  et  H.  oppugnati  Silv.  Ab  his 
et  ab  Hahrolepide  zetterstedtii  Westw.  species  seychellensis,  de  qua  ampliorem 
descriptionem  facere  nequeo.  facile  distingui  potest  colore  aeruginoso.  Setas 
lamellares  in  margine  occipitali  vel  in  scuteUi  apice  non  inveni. 

Specimen  unicum. 

Gen.  Mahencyrtus,  n. 

Huius  generis  femina  non  est  reperta,  mas  ab  uno  tantum  specimine  hie 
describitur.  Generi  relatio  est  cum  Cerapterocero  et  Chilonevro.  nee  non  cum 
Diversinervo  Silv.  :  ab  hoc  autem  differt  antennis  in  linea  oculari  insertis,  meta- 
thoracis  alis  minus  latis  et  in  margine  postico  minus  curvatis,  abdomine  magis 
elongato,  segmento  basaU  minore  :  a  Chiloneuro  flagelli  pilis  non  verticiUatis, 
clavae  fere  omnibus  elongatis,  fviniculi  articulis  medio  baud  constrictis,  scuto 
pilis  argenteis  nullis,  scutello  apice  glabro  ;  a  Cerapterocero  denique  antennis 
infra  lineam  ocularem  insertis,  funiculi  articulis  valde  elongatis,  scutello  foveolis 
fere  linearibus  et  contiguis  insculpto,  baud  nitido,  nervo  marginali  et  post- 
marginali  angustioribus  ac  longioribus. 

32.  Mahencyrtus  occultans,  sp.  n.  (figs.  28,  29). 

Mas.  Capite,  mesonoti  parte  praeaxillari,  metanoto  cum  metapleuris  et 
abdominis  basi  aureo-viridibus,  nitidis  ;  abdomine  reliquo,  prothorace  axillisque 
nigro  aeneis ;  scutello  flavescenti-aeneo,  subopaco  :  mesopleuris,  tegulis  et 
oculis  nigris  ;  carina  super  clypeum  cupresccnte,  hcc  fere  nigro  ;  antennis 
obscure  luteis,  funiculi  juncturis,  pilis  et  clavae  apice  fuscis  ;  pedibus  maxima 
parte  luteis,  coxis,  femoribus  anticis  in  dimidio  basali,  mediis  brevi  spatio  in 
latere  anteriore,  posticis  praeter  basim  et  apicem  cum  tibiis  prope  basim,  nee 
non  tarsorum  omnium  apice,  etiam  fuscis  ;  alis  hyahnis,  nervis  flavo-brunneis, 
marginali  et  postmarginali  obscurioribus. 

Caput  antice  visum  rotundatum,  vertice  dimidium  latitudinis  occupante, 
oculis  magnis,  glabris,  genis  fortiter  curvatis,  clypeo  medio  recte  marginato, 
antennis  in  medio  faciei  insertis,  ab  oculis  pauUum  magis  quam  inter  se  remotis  ; 
linea  oculari  inferiore  inter  antennas  et  marginem  clypei  aequo  spatio  distante  ; 
facie  circum  antennarum  insertiones  excavata,  inter  has  elevata,  obtuse  carinata. 
Caput  de  latere  inspectum  ellipticum,  oculis  ovatis  at  postice  margine  recto, 
obliquo,  limitatis  ;  genis  haud  compresso-acutis,  sulco  perspicuo  notatis.     Vertex 


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NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 


FiQ.  28. — Mahencyrtus  occultana,  q. 

Antennae  pars  (x  SO),  ex  spcoiiuine 

eKsiccato  delineata. 


postice  haud  margiuatus.  Ocelli  in  angulum  obtusum  dispositi,  externi  ab 
ocuUs  remoti  spatio  ipsorum  diametrum  aequante.  Superficies  sulcato-reticu- 
lata,  areolis  super  verticem  transversis,  foveolis  nonnullis  rotundatis  etiam  in 
dimidio  inferiore  faciei  impressis. 

Scapus  subcompresso-dilatatus,  supra  medium  latissimus,  ocellum  anteriorem 

attingens ;  flagellum  tenue,  valde  elongatum, 
longitiidinem  thoracis  cum  capite  superans,  pilis 
instructum  sparsis,  etiam  super  clavam  prae- 
clavae  aequilongis,  articulis  aequali  latitudine  ; 
pedicello  aeque  longe  atque  lato,  funiculi  articulo 
primo  fere  sesquibreviore,  clava  longitudinem 
articuli  primi  cum  pedicello  aequante,  indivisa. 

Pars  praeaxillaris  mesonoti  scutello  longior, 
reticulata,  foveolis  rotundatis  sparse  impressa  ; 
axillae  separatae,  reticido  minus  conspicuo  areo- 
lisque  minoribus  ;  scutellum  triangulare,  areolis  elongatis,  fere  linearibus  fortiter 
insculptum,  apice  tantum  sculptura  obsoleta  areoUsque  subrotundis.  Meso- 
pleura  leviter  atque  minute  reticulata,  in  dimidio  antcriore  areolis  minoribus, 
elongatis.  Metathoraeis  latera  pilis  paucis 
prope  stigma  tantum  ornata  ;  dorsum  pilis  sub- 
tilibus,  nusquam  confertis. 

Proalae  nervo  marginaii  quam  eius  latitu- 
dine duplo  longiore,  stigmatico  ac  postmar- 
ginali  liuic  subaequalibus,  cellula  basali  in 
dimidio  posteriore  pubcscente,  speculo  infra 
praestigma  bene  limitato,  antice  curvato,  infra 
nervum  marginalem  extenso.  Alae  meta- 
thoraeis elongatae,  angustae,  margine  postico 
vix  arcuato,  cellula  costali  hamulos  attingente. 
Pedes  longiuseuli,  calcari  dimidio  meta- 
tarso  aequilongo. 

Abdomen  thoraci  aequilongum,  elongate  ovale,  segmentis  5.  et  7.  longioribus, 
ultimo  in  specimine  exsiccato  ad  2/3  alae  anterioris  desinente,  omnibus  margine 
postico  valde  curvato. 
Long.  1,5  mm. 
Habitat.  Mahe. 
Specimen  unicum. 


Fig.  29. — Mahencyrtus  occultana,  <J. 

Alae  (X  37 — i)ili  in  superficie  alae  posteriori^i 
Bon  sunt  delincati). 


Genus  ?. 

Specimen  unicum,  masculinum,  cuius  descriptio  .sequitur,  notis  quibusdam 
simile  est  praecedenti,  sed  in  eodem  genere  non  convenit  fronte  fovea  magna 
non  excavata,  nervo  marginaii  longiore,  speculo  lineari,  aliisque  etiam  characteri- 
bus.     An  sit  hoc  exemplar  generi  novo  attribuendum  mihi  dubium  est. 


33.  Genus  et  sp.  ?. 

Mas.  Capite  et  dorso  cum  metapleuris  aureo-viridibus  ;  facie  infra  anten- 
narum  insertionem  usque  ad  marginem  clypei  violaceo-purpurea  ;  oculis  fere 
nigris ;    antennis   flavo-griseis,   clavae   apice,    radicula   pilisque   obscurioribus  ; 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917.  15& 

pilis  mesonoti  albidis  ;  scutello  in  dimidio  apieali  cuprescente  ;  mesopleuris 
nigris,  leniter  violaceo-nitentibus  ;  tegulis  brunneis  ;  alarum  nervis  flavo-griseis  ; 
pedibus  cum  coxis  anticis  atqwe  pcsticis  luteis,  coxis  mediis  fere  totis  brunneis, 
tarsis  anticis  totis,  posterioribus  apice  tantum,  infuscatis  ;  abdomine  viridi- 
aeneo.  purpureo  vel  aureo  nitente. 

Caput  hemisphaericum,  antice  visum  rotundatum,  fere  aeque  longum  atque 
latum  ;  vertice  1/3  latitudinis  aequante,  antrorsum  baud  declivi,  postice  acute 
marginato,  confertim  et  minutissime  punctulato,  in  eius  parte  postica  tantum 
fere  obsolete  insculpto,  foveolis  rotundatis  paucis  ad  marginem  orbitarum 
aUisque  nonnullis  sparsis  impresso  ;  ocellis  in  triangulum  aequilaterum  dis- 
positis,  externis  fere  oculis  contiguis.  Orbitae  inferne  valde  divergentes,  genis 
parum  longiores  ;  oculorum  superficies  glabra  ;  facies  reticulata,  areolis  frontis 
minoribus,  spatio  inter  marginem  clypei  et  insertiones  antennarum  arcuatim 
striguloso,  obtuse  carinato  ;  scrobibus  profunde  excavatis,  non  ultra  dimidiam 
orbitarum  altitudinem  extensis,  medio  confiuentibus  ;  clypei  margine  concave, 
limbato  ;   labro  item  cuivato.  margine  rigide  piloso.     Mandibulae  tridentatae. 

Antennae  in  linea  oculari  insertae,  ab  ore  1/4  capitis  longitudinis  et  magis 
quam  inter  se  remotae,  longitudinem  corporis  aequantes,  flagello  quam  scapo 
quadruplo  longiore,  pedicello,  funiculi  articulis  et  clava  crassitie  aequalibus, 
pilis  saltim  pedicello  aequUongis,  aequaliter  distributis  ;  articulis  funiculi  omnibus 
annello  perspicuo  coniunctis  ;  articulo  primo  latitudine  sua  sesquilongiore  et 
pedicello  aequilongo,  secundo  duplam,  sexto  triplam  latitudincm  longitudine 
aequantibus  ;  clava  articulis  5.  et  6.  simul  sumptis  fere  aequilonga,  elongate 
ovato-acuminata,  articulis  subdiscretis,  basali  2/5  eius  longitudinis  aequante. 

Mesonoti  pars  praeaxillaris  reticulata,  pilis  satis  numerosis  ornata.  Axillae 
baud  conniventes.  areolis  quam  in  scuto  minoribus.  Areolae  scutelli  fere  lineares, 
in  longitudinem  dispositae,  prothoracis  lateris  et  mesothoracis  ante  mesopleuram 
magnae,  rhomboidales,  sulcis  limitatae  ;  in  mesopleura  fere  tola  elongatae, 
confertae,  in  longitudinem  dispositae,  in  eius  parte  supero-posteriore  subrotundae, 
in  parte  anteriore  leniter  excavatae.     Callus  pilis  nonnullis  albis  instructus. 

Proalae  sat  longe  ciliatae,  nervo  marginali  longo,  stigmatico  brevissimo, 
postmarginali  fere  nullo,  speculo  lineari  ex  nervo  stigmatico  valde  oblique 
producto. 

Calcar  tibiae  posticae  dimidium  articuli  jirimi  tarsalis  non  attingens. 

Abdomen  paullum  thorace  brevius. 

Long.  0,88  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :   Cascade,  "  from  marshy  ground  near  sea-level." 

.Specimen  unicum. 


SuBFAM.  EUPELMINAE. 

Gen.  Eupelmus  Dalman. 

34.  Eupelmus  malgascius,  sp.  n. 

Feniinu.  Obscure  olivaceo-viridis,  fronte,  in  specimine,  praeter  aream  orbitae 
contiguam,  nigro-violacea,  pilis  faciei  et  dorsi  albis,  antennis  scapo  ao  pedicello 
nigro-viridibus,  submetallicis,  funiculo  et  clava  nigris  ;  abdomine  basi  superne 
cyanea,  reliquo  dorso  subaeneo  ;  pedibus  pro  maxima  parte  fulvo-ochraceis, 
coxis  anticis  atque  posticis,  femore  antico  praeter  basim  et  apicem,  postico  in 


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dimidio  basali,  corpori  concoloribus  ;  femore  medio  in  margine  superiorc  in- 
fuscato  ;  tibia  antica  et  postica  dimidio  basali  nigris,  tibia  media  basi  obscura, 
spinulis  apicis,  item  atque  tarsi,  nigris  ;  tarsorum  apice  fusco  ;  alls  dilute  flavc- 
griseis,  nervis  paullum  obscurioribus  ;  oviductu  in  1/3  basali  nigro-viridi,  in 
1/3  apicali  fusco,  spatio  reliquo  ochraceo. 

Antennae  articulis  funiculi  5.-(>.  latitudine  manifeste  longioribus. 

Proalarum  speculum  linea  glabra  indicatum. 

Pedes  antici  femore  subtus  laminato-comprcsso  ;  pedes  intermedii  spinulis 
tibiae  apicis  sex,  spinulis  articuli  tarsalis  primi  12  in  utraque  serie.  quarum 
3-4  ultimae  in  lineam  exteriorem  dispositao.  secundi  5,  tertii  2,  quarti  1. 

Abdomen  tergitis  1.-4.  profunde  angulatim  incisis.  Oviductus  dimidiam 
tibiae  posticae  longitudinem  vix  superans. 

Long.  2,5  mm. 

Habitat.  .Mahe  :    "country  above  Port  Glaud,  500-1,000  ft  " 

Specimen  unicum. 

Adn.  Species  Eupelmo  urozono  Dalm.  affinis,  colore  alarum,  tibiarum  et 
coxae  mediae  facile  distinguenda,  ab  Eupelmo  afro  Silv.  praecipue  differens  al's 
obscuris,  spinarum  numero  maiore  in  apice  tibiae  mediae. 

Gen.  Eupelmoides,  n. 

Speciei  huius  generis  typicae  femina  tantum  est  nota,  Eupelmo  urozono 
thoracis  structura  nee  non  corporis  forma  similis,  at  abdominis  valvula  vomeri- 
formi,  huius  apicem  attingente,  et  alarum  characteribus  praecipue  differens. 

Haec  est  generis  diagnosis  : 

Femina.  Caput  vix  transversum,  vertice  perangusto,  terete,  ocelhs  omnibus 
superioribus.  oculis  magnis.  aspectu  glabris,  linea  oculari  inferiore  in  3/4  capitis 
longitudinis.  mandibulis  bidentatis.  id  est  dente  medio  atque  posteriore  connatis. 
Antennae  inter  lineam  ocularem  et  clypeum  insertae,  scapo  verticem  non  supe- 
rante,  flagello  elongate,  tenui,  annello  et  praeclava  subquadratis,  funiculi  articulis 
1.-4.  longis,  clava  dilatata,  ovata.  Axillae  hand  remotae  ;  metanoti  pars  pone 
scutelium  brevissima,  antice  atque  postice  concava  et  marginibus  medio  fere 
contiguis.  Proalae  nervo  postmarginali  quam  stigmatico  duplo  longiore.  super- 
ficie  confertim  pubescente,  speculo  nuUo.  Abdomen  longum,  tergito  basali 
profunde  diviso,  secundo  angulatim  incise,  4.-6.  convexo-marginatis,  hoc  ultimo 
septimum  obtegente,  sternitis  valvulam  formantibus  vomeris  ad  instar,  ab- 
dominis apicem  fere  attingentem ;  terebrae  valvis  in  specie  typica  tergito  sexto 
subaequilongis. 

Mas  ignotus. 

35.  Eupelmoides  obscuratus,  sp.  n.  (figs.  30-32). 

Femina.  Obscure  violacea,  facie,  scapo  ac  pediceUo,  dorso  partim,  viridibus, 
metallicis,  scutello  saepe  aureo-nitente  ;  funiculo  et  clava  totis  nigris  ;  oculis 
griseo-rufis  ;  tibiis  nigricantibus,  posticis  in  latere  posteriore  macula  oblonga 
alba  ornatis  non  ultra  medium  longitudinis  extensa  ;  tarsis  omnibus  apicem 
versus  sensim  infuscatis,  anticis  aiticulo  1.  et  2.  flavo-griseis,  mediis  atque 
posticis  articulo  1.  albido  ;  proalis  cellula  basali,  costali  et  area  sub  nervo 
marginali  albidis,  reliquo  spatio  fuscis,  in  dimidio  anteriore  etiam  obscurioribus  ; 
metathoracis  alls  fere  hyalinis  ;    oviductu  apice  flavescente. 


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Caput  antice  visum  subrotundum,  longitudine  latius  proportione  5  :  4, 
vertice  angusto,  oculis  magnis,  aspectu  glabris,  verum  pilis  paucis  brevibus 
subtilibus  instructis,  orbitis  valde  obliquis  et  in  linea  oculari  spatio  quadruple 
quam  in  vertice  distantibus  (spatio  hoc  inter  sulcos  genarum  dimenso),  genis 
fortiter  arcuatis,  peristomio  lato,  clypeo  indistincto,  angusto  ;  linea  oculari 
inferiore  in  3/-1  capitis  longitudinis,  scrobibus  antennarum  longis,  in  dimidio 
inferiore  bene  determinatis,  superne  prope  ocellum  confluentibus  et  orbitis 
tangentibus.  Caput  de  supra  inspectum  vertice  quam  diametro  antero-posteriore 
saltim  dimidio  angustiore  ;  oculorum  prominentia  verticis  latitudinem  supe- 
rante  proportione  9:4;  ocellis  posterioribus  orbitis  fere  contiguis  spatioque 
diametrum  eorum  vix  aequante  separatis,  medio  a  posterioribus  spatio  parum 
maiore  remoto.  Faciei  superficies  scabra,  verticis  inter  ocellos  sublaevis  ;  super- 
ficies pone  hos  itemque  oculos  et  sulcos  genarum  leniter  reticulo  insculpta. 
Mandibulae  ambae  eadem  forma,  tridentatae,  aspectu  bidentatae,  id  est  dente 
anteriore  tantum  bene  discreto,  acuto,  reliquis  obtusis  et  vix  incisura  minima 
separatis,  quasi  dentem  unum  latum  formantibus.  Facies  pUis  ornata  crassiu- 
sculis,  inter  se  spatio  eorum  longitudinem  aequante,  interdum  etiam  duplo, 
remotis. 

Antennarum  radiculae  inter  lineam  ocularem  inferiorem  et  os  aequaliter, 
inter  se  duplo  quam  ab  oculis,  remotae, 
itemque  spatio  duplice  quam  verticis  lati- 
tudine  ;  flagellum  tenue,  longitudinem 
thoracis  paullo  superans  ;  pedicellus  duplo 
longior  quam  latior  ;  annellus  vix  discretus,  ,     . .      , 

°  .  .  ,       .      ,.  ,.  Fio.  30. — Eupelmmaes  obecuratue,  ^. 

quadratus  ;   articulus  primus  lumculi  pedi-  Antenna  (x  27). 

cello  sesquilongior,  ceteri  gradatim  breviores 

et  crassiores,  sextus  fere  quadratus,  Septimus  latitudine  sua  vix  brevior  et  quam 

primus  duplo  latior  ;  clava  longitudinem  articuli  primi  cum  annello  aequans, 

post  mortem  interne  profunde  immersa,  propter  deformationem  quam  praeclava 

fere  sesquilatior. 

Sculptura  partis  praeaxillaris  mesonoti  minute  reticulata,  areolis  antice 
atque  postice  paullum  maioribus.  Prothorax  brevis,  de  supra  inspectus  sub- 
triangularis,  longitudine  1/3  thoracis  latitudinis  fere  aequans.  Mesonoti  pars 
praeaxillaris  sulco  tenui  lateribus  limitata,  carinis  longitudinalibus  submedianis 
nullis,  in  parte  postica  tantum  eminentia  cbtusa  indicatis,  area  inter  carinas 
antice  triangulum  subconvexum  formante,  breviter  pilosula,  interdum  glabra. 
Axillae  triangulares,  latitudine,  id  est  basi,  fere  sesquilongiores,  spatio  remotae 
earum  basis  dimidium  aequante,  a  scutello  sulco  lenissime  sinuate  separatae, 
superficie  aspectu  minute  granulosa.  Scutellum  postice  truncatum,  dorsulo 
confertim  longitudinaliter  strigoso-sulcato,  freno  autem  fere  transverso-lineari 
et  valde  declivi,  subdiscreto,  minute  reticulato.  Dorsellum  fere  lineare.  Meta- 
notum  medio  brevissimum,  longitudine  maxima  in  eius  partibus  lateralibus 
dimidium  lateris  anterioris  scutelli  aequante,  margine  antico  et  postico  leniter 
concavis  aequaliter  curvatis,  superficie  scabra.  Spiracula  sat  magna,  obliqua. 
Mesothoracis  latera  ante  sulcum  mesosternum  et  mesopleuram  separantem  reti- 
culata, praesterni  areolis  magis  minutis  ;  pili  infra  hoc  sat  longi  sed  haud 
conferti. 

Proalae  praestigmate  crasso,  nervo  marginah  quam  postmarginali  triple 
lengiore,  hoc  quam  stigmatico  duple  lengiore  ;    cellula  basali  sat  dense  pilosa, 

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162  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

costali  margine  glabra,  ppeculo  nullo,  siiperficie  reliqua  confertissime  pilis  brevibus 

vestita,  nervo  cubital!  pilorum 
dispositione  vix  indicate  ad  me- 
diam  alae  latitudinem  decurrente. 
Femur  anticuin  posterioribus 
minus  validum,  at  in  eius  dimidio 
apicali  latius,  marginibus  posticis 
laminatis  foveam  ad  tibiam  ex- 
FiG.  31. -Eupelmoides  obscuraius.  $.  cipiendam   formantibus.      Tarsus 

Proala  (X  23— manularum  dispositionem  ostenJens).  aUticUS      et      pOSticUS    teUUeS,     iUc 

tibia  sesquilongior,  hie  aequi- 
longus,  interne  spinis  in  articulo  1.  circa  25  instructus,  in  2.  decern,  in  3.  septem, 
in  4.  sex  ;  tarsus  medius  baud  elongatus,  3/4  tibiae  aequans,  crassus,  articulo 
primo  seriebus  denticulorum  16-18  munito.     Pedes 

postici  coxis  pubeseentibus,  calcari  minore  latitudi-  ^-y2C3^ 

nem  metatarsi  vix  superante,  maiore  sesquiJongiore. 
Abdomen  thorace  sesquilongius,  saepe  in  speci- 
minibus  hians,  id  est  sternitis  valvulam  eius  apicem 
fere  attingentem,  nee  in  longitudinem  divisam, 
vomeris  ad  instar,  formantibus  ;  tergito  primo  pro-  Fig.  32. — Eupelmoides 

funde  diviso,  secundo  manifeste,  tertio  vix,  angu-  obacuratiia,  $. 

1,....  ...  .  1  J.-,  .  TeJis  intermedii  tibiae  apex  cum  tarso 

latim  incisis,  quinto  et  sexto  subaequahbus  arcuato-  ^^  40, 

convexis,  septimo  fere  oeculto.     Superficies  fere  tota 

sat  conspicue  reticidata,  in  parte  anteriore  segment!  basalis  areolis  minoribus 
insculpta.     Oviductus  tergito  sexto  subaequilongus. 

Long.  4  mm. 

Specimina  sex. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  :  Mare  aux  C'ochons — Mahe  :  Cascade  Estate  ;  Mome 
Blanc  ;    "  country  above  Port  Glaud." 

Gen.  Pseudanastatus,  n. 

Hoc  genus  .sequent!  simile  et  affine,  difTert  faciei  area  interantennali  et 
epistomate  linea  lyrata  circumdatis,  spatio,  hac  linea  limitato,  depresso  ;  flagello 
versus  apicem  gradatim  et  conspicue  latiore,  proalis  in  specie  typica  paullum 
ultra  praestigma  terminatis.  Maris  characteres  non  sunt  adhuc  not!.  Praeter 
speciem  seychellensem,  cuius  de.?cr!ptio  sequitur,  aham  observavi,  in  Italia 
prope  Genuam  inventam,  structura  valde  similem,  colore  praecipue  diversam. 

Femina.  Caput  cra.ssum,  vix  transversum,  vertice  1/3  totius  latitudinis 
aequante  antrorsum  declivi  et  cum  fronte  continuo,  ocellis  in  declivio  locatis  ; 
oculis  fere  glabri.s  ;  antennis  prope  lineam  ceularem  inscrtis,  scrobibus  nullis  ; 
facie  linea  lyrata,  torulis  extus  tangcnte  et  ad  mediam  orbitarum  altitudinem 
arcum  formante,  in  duas  partes  divisa,  quarum  una,  id  est  spatium  interan- 
tennale  cum  epistomate,  magis  depressa,  interdum  etiam  colore  distincta.  Man- 
dibulae  dente  apicali  et  intermedio  instructae,  basali  nullo.  Antcnnarum  scapus 
verticem  non  superans,  flagellum  versus  apicem  gradatim  et  conspicue  crassiu.s. 
Scutellum  angustum,  basi  lateri  anteriori  axillarum  subaequilonga  ;  dorsellum 
atque  metanotum  parva.  Proalae  fere  atrophicae,  rotundato-truncatae,  ccllula 
costali  et  praestigmate  latis,   nervo   marginal!  brevissimo  apicem  attingente, 


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nervo    stigmatico    nullo,    superficie    fere    tota    setis    spiniformibus    instrueta. 
Abdomen  breve,   depressum,   prope  apicem   latum,   tergitorum  margine  baud 
inciso,  terebrae  valvis  baud  vol  vix  prominentibus. 
Mas  ignotus. 

36.  Pseudanastatus  crassicomis,  sp.  n.  (figs.  33,  34). 

Femina.  Flavescenti-brunnea,  oculis,  scapo  ac  pcdicello  concoloribus, 
funiculo  brunneo-nigro,  clava  tarsisque  omnibus  albis  ;  proalis  brevissiniis,  inter 
dimidium  cellulae  ba.salis  et  praestigma  hyalini.s,  reliquo  spatio  leniter  infuscatis, 
nervis  baud  ob.scurioribu.'; ;  callo  dense  albo-pilosulo  ;  abdomine  violascente 
brunneo,  segmcnto  ba.sali  albido  ;   oviductu  vix  prominente  palbde  flavo. 

Caput  transversum,  longitudine  5/7  latitudini.s  aequans,  vertice  antrorsum 
declivi  tertiam  partem  latitudinis  occupante  ;  ocellis  in  declivio  anteriore, 
triangulum  aequilaterum  formantibus,  posterioribus  spatio  ab  oculis  remotis 
quam  ipsorum  diametro  parum  breviore  ;  oculis  setis  perpaucis  brevibus  instru- 
ctis  ;  distantia  orbitali  inferiore  dupla  quam  superiore  ;  linea  oculari  2/7  capitis 
longitudinis  ab  ore  remota  ;  genis  siilcatis,  ad  os  fortius  curvatis  ;  peristomio 
sat  lato  ;  clypeo  subquadrato  extus  recte  marginato  ;  antennis  vix  infra  lineam 
ocularem  insertis  et  carina  brevi  obtusissima  fere  inconspicua  separatis  ;  scro- 
bibus  nullis,  facie  linea  lyrata  torulis  extus  tangente  et  ad  mediam  orbitarum 
altitudinem  arcum  formante,  in  duas  partes  divisa,  quarum  interior,  id  est 
spatium  inter  antennas  cum  epistomate,  magis  depressa.  Palpi  maxillares 
4-articulati,  articulis  1.-3.  subaequalibus.  Mandibulac  dente  exteriore  parvo, 
medio  vix  prominulo  late  rotundato,  interiore  nullo. 

Superficies  tota  capitis  minute  reticulata,  aspectu  granulosa,  pubescentia 
baud  frequenti  aequaUter  dLstributa. 

Antennae  .scapo  robusto,  flagello  versus  apicem  gradatim  et  conspicue 
crassiore  ;  annello  quadrate,  articulo  primo  funi- 
culi quam  pediceUo  baud  longiore  neque  cras.siore, 
articulo  quarto  latitudine  sua  vix  longiore,  tribus 
sequentibus  pauUum  brevioribus,  ultimo  duplam 
pedicelli  latitudinem  aequante.  longitudine  2/3 
latitudinis  suae  baud  superante  :  clava  quam 
articulis  duobus  praecedentibus  paullo  longiore.  ^'°-  33.— P«e«dona«to««» 

....  crassicornis^  $. 

Pronotum,    mesonoti    pars    praeaxillans    et  .uteana  (x  is). 

axillae,  nee  non   scutellum   juxta   eius  latus  an- 

terius,  reticulo  minute  insculpta,  areolis  regulariter  polygonis  super  pronotum 
minus  conspicuis.  Mesonoti  pars  praeaxillaris  area  media  depressa,  indivisa  et 
lateribus  costis  subrectis  fere  parallelis  bene  terminata.  Axillae  duplo  longiores 
quam  basi  latiores,  dimidiam  scutelli  longitudinem  attingentes.  Scutellum 
angu.stum,  duplo  longius  quam  latius,  latere  anteriore  axillarum  basi  vix 
aequilongo,  latitudine  maxima  quam  hoc  spatio  sesquilongiore,  superficie  con- 
fertim  in  longitudinem  striatc-sulcata,  strigis  per  totam  longitudinem  fere 
continuis,  numero  ad  medium  circa  viginti ;  setis  paucis  sparsis.  Dorsellum 
et  metanotum  brcvia. 

Alae  fere  atrophicae  :  anteriores  longitudine,  praeter  radiculam,  triplam 
latitudinem  aequantes,  longitudinem  funiculi  baud  superantes,  non  ultra 
abdominis  basim  ckngatae,  apice  rotundato-truncatae,  superficie  setis  crassis, 


164  NOTITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

in  parte  basali  minus  confertis,  veslita  ;   praestigmate  lato  cum  ncrv'o  marginali 
rudimentali  continue,  hoc  apicem  attingente,  nervum  stigmaticum  baud  emit- 

tente  ;    cellula  costali  ampla   1/5 

^,^rr-^r7~7^  ^  -:^S^MjM^^^^!S>xr '  latitudinis  maximae  f ere  aequante , 

'fly^'-r  ■'■^^i^^^^^^'^-^c  '       '     ':     \,t         medium  longitudinis  brcvi  spatio 

'  superante,  margine  anteriore  cur- 
vato,  glabro.  Alae  metathoracis 
hamulis  apice  insertis. 

Tarsus  medius  articulo  prime 
Fio.  34.-P..e«dan«*(a<«.  cra.stVorm,,  ?.  seriebus  dcnticulorum    8-11    mu- 

proaia  (sine  radicuia— x  85).  nito,  secundo  4,  tci'tio  2,  quarto  1. 

Tibia  postica  unicalcarata. 
Abdomen   depressum,    thorace   paullo    longius,    latitudine    maxima    prope 
spiracula,    apice   valde   obtuso,    oviductu   vix   prominente ;    superficie   minute 
reticulato-squamosa,  areolis  aequalibus  ;   tergitis  apice  integris,  quinto  concave-, 
sexto  convexo-marginato. 
Long.  2  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :    "  Cascade  Estate  and  forest  above."— Silhouette  :    "  high 
forest  above  Mare  aux  Cochons,  1,000-2,000  ft." 
Specimina  tria. 

■  Gen.  Paranastatus,  n. 

Species  duae  huic  novo  generi  pertincntes,  forma  capitis  de  latere  inspecti 
similes,  nee  non  totius  corporis  figura,  tamen  characteribus  nonnullis  valde 
differunt.  Ego  autem  genus  praecipue  propter  capitis  formam  institui,  quam 
fig.  362  ostendit.  Forsan  species  sunt,  nomine  Anastalo,  vel  alio,  ab  auctoribus 
descriptae,  quas  huic  meo  generi  adscribere  liceat.  Maris  characteres  in  dia- 
gnosi,  quae  sequitur,  ex  una  tantura  specie  deduxi. 

Femirm.  Caput  fere  aeque  longum  atque  latum,  de  latere  inspectum  obtuse 
triangulare,  angulo  obtuso  foramini  occipitali  fere  contiguo,  itaque  vertice  non 
antrorsum  sed  retrorsum  declivi ;  ocellis,  si  caput  antice  inspiciatur,  pene  sum- 
mam  faciem  eccultatis,  in  angulum  acutum  dispesitis,  posterioribus  fere  oculis 
contiguis  ;  antennis  in  linea  oculari  vel  inter  banc  lineam  et  marginem  ocularem 
insertis  ;  mandibulis  bidentatis,  vel  etiam  "l-dentatis  dentibus  alternis  maioribus. 
Dersellum  atque  metanetum  brevia,  metathoracis  partes  laterales  triangulares, 
in  planum  dispositae.  Proalae  normales,  nervo  postmarginali  duple  quam  stig- 
matico  longiore.  Abdomen  baud  elongatum,  post  mediam  longitudinem  latius, 
segmentis  praeter  basale  subaequilongis,  margine  integris ;  terebrae  valvis 
non  prominentibus. 

Mas.  Vertice,  de  latere  inspecto,  baud  retrorsum  declivi,  ocello  anteriore 
in  medio  eius  site,  scapularum  sulcis  in  parte  dimidia  anteriore  tantum  indicatis, 
metanoto  normali,  superne  inspecto  rcctangulari,  carinato,  prcalis  totis  pube- 
.fsentibus,  tarse  medio  spinulis  denticulorum  loco  munito,  abdoniine  elliptico. 

Huius  generis  species  hie  descriptae  his  characteribus  inter  sese  valde  differunt 
et  facile  dignosci  possunt  : 

Paranastntvs  egregius.     Antennae  in  linea  oculari  insertae,  clava  dila- 

tata.     Mandibulae    bidentatae.     Caput    viride,     thorax     pedesquc    fulvi, 

abdomen  brunneum  basi  pallida,  proalae  fumatae. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  165 

Paranastatus  violaceus.  Antennae  inter  lineam  ocularem  et  marginetn 
oralem  insertae,  clava  quam  articulis  praecedentibus  haud  latiore. 
Mandibulae  4-dentatae,  dentibus  alternis  (1.  et  2.)  minoribus.  Violaceus, 
flagelli  dimidio  apicali  albo,  vel  obscure  ochraceo  clava  brunnea,  prcalis 
flavo-griseis. 

37.  Paranastatus  egregius,  sp.  n.  (fig.  35). 

Femina.  Capite  smaragdino  vel  aurato-viridi,  oculis  rufescenti-brunneis, 
articulis  tribus  clavae  praecedentibus  albis,  reliquis  funiculi  et  clava  brunneis, 
hac  vero  minus  obseurata  ;  scape  cum  pedicello,  thoraee  pedibusque  fulvis, 
tegulis.  mesonoti  dimidio  posteriore  et  scutelli  apice  virescentibus  ;  proalis 
infra  praestigma  atque  nervum  po.stmarginalem  fortiter.  apice  tamen  minus, 
infuscatis,  ad  medium  fascia  incerte  limitata  subalbida  ornatis ;  abdomine 
violaceo-brunneo,  segmentis,  praecipue  ultimis,  viridi-nitentibus,  segmento 
basali  et  lateris  ventralis  dimidio  posteriore  ochraceis. 

Caput  antice  visum  haud  longitudine  latius,  subrotundum,  oculis  parum 
convexis,  infcrne  duplo  quam  in  vertice  remotis,  pilis  perpaucis  brevissimis 
instructis,  genis  2/3  orbitarum  longitudinis  fere  aequantibus,  fortiter  curvatis, 
profunde  sulcatis  ;  de  latere  visum  subtriangulare,  vertice  non  antrorsum  sed 
retrorsum  dcclivi,  ccellis  in  hoc  declivio  pone  fariem  locatis  ;  de  supra  inspectum 
vertice  perangusto,  ocellis  posterioribus  ab  oculis  vix  separatis,  inter  se  parum 
distantibus,  anteriore  ab  aliis  magis  remote.  Scrobes  antennales  longae,  superne 
confluentes,  at  haud  marginatae,  spatio  modice  elevato  separatae.  Faciei  pars 
inferior  neque  depressa  neque  a  superiore  linea  arcum  formante  discreta.  Clypeus 
niargine  vix  prominente,  recto.  Mandibulae  bidentatae.  Verticis  sculptura 
minutissime  granulosa,  frontis  reticulata,  non  satis  vitro  aucta  aspectu  minute 
granulosa  ;  faciei,  infra  lineam  ocularem,  genarum  temporumque,  etiam  reticu- 
lata, areolis  maioribus,  super  tempora  maximis  ;  dimidium  capitis  inferius 
fcveolis  nonnullis  impressum  rotundatis,  haud  profundis,  prope  genarum  sulcos 
magis  confertis. 

Antennarum  insertio  in  linea  oculari  ;  flagelli  articulus  secundus  dimidiam 
pedicelli  longitudinem  vix  superans,  latitudine 
sua  fere  sesquilongior  ;  articuli  sequentes  grada- 
tim  crassiores,  4.  et  5.  pedicello  aequilongi, 
6.  praecedente  multo  brevior,  aeque  longus  atque 
latus,  quam  pedicellus  sesquilatior ;  articuli  reliqui 
etiam  quadrati,  subaequales ;  clava  articulis 
duobus  praecedentibus  aequilonga,  suturis 
obliquis. 

Sculptura  totius  dorsi  minute  reticulata. 
Mesonoti  pars  praeaxillaris  per  totam  longitu- 
dinem medio  depressa,  fovea  lateribus  cairinis 
parallelis  limitata.  Fjo    35 — Paranaslatue  egregiua,  ?. 

Proalae  normales,  abdominis  apicem  paullo         1,  antenna  (x  40);  2,  pedis  mtermedu 

,  ,  •        1-   r  1        1  tibiae  apex  cum  tarso  (X  80). 

superantes,  nervo  postmargmali  rere  duplo  quam 

stigmatico    longiore,     piHs    satis    confertis    in    tota  superficie    fere    aequaUter 

distributis. 

Tarsus  medius  articulo  primo  seriebus  denticulcrum  9-11   munito. 


166 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 


Abdomen  post  medium  latius,  in  speciminibus  exsiccatis  spatulatum,  seg- 
mentis  subaequilongis,  primo  tanicn  paiiUo  longiore  ;  terebra  valvis  omnino 
retractis. 

Long.  1,5  mm. 

Mas.  Colore  a  femina  baud  differens  nisi  est  proalis  leniter  tantiim  fumatis, 
zona  ad  medium  decolore,  nee  albida.  Caput  de  latere  inspectum  verticehaud 
declivi,  ocello  anteriore  in  medio  huius,  posterioribus  occipitem  versus  Iccatis. 
Flagellum  quam  in  femina  nonnihil  crassius,  fimiculi  articulo  primo  ncn  annuli- 
formi,  quinto  ac  sexto  (septimo  et  octavo  antennae)  acque  longis  atque  latis, 
clava  3-articu]ata  quam  praeclava  liaud  latiore,  suturis  sat  conspicuis.  Scapu- 
larum  sulci  in  dimidio  anteriore  tantum  indicati  ;  axiUae  triangulares  sub- 
aequilaterae,  remotae.  Scutellum  apice  fortius  insculptum.  Dorsellum  atque 
metanotum  fere  aequilonga,  hoc  medio  carinatum.  Praesternum  magnum, 
triangulare  subaequilatenmi.  Proalae  speculo  nullo.  Tarsus  mcdius  denti- 
culorum  loco  spinulis  instructus.  Abdomen  subellipticum.  Characteres  reliqui 
sicut  in  femina. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :  Mare  aux  Cochons  district- — Silhouette.  "  All  the  ex- 
amples are  from  the  endemic  forests,  1,000-2,000  ft." 

Specimina  duo  oo,  unum  $. 


38.  Paranastatus  violaceus,  sp.  n.  (fig.  36). 

Femina.  Obscure  violaeea  ;  antennis  usque  ad  articulum  scptimum 
(quartum  post  annellum)  nigris,  articulis  8.-10.  et  clava  flavescenti-albidis, 
clavae  apice  vix  grisescente,  vel  articulis  8.-10.  obscure  ochraceis  clava  brunnea  ; 
scutello  cum  axillis  aeneis  ;  proalis  flavo-fuscis  nervis  concoloribus  pilisque 
nigris  ;  alis  metathoracis  fere  limpidis  ;  coxis  posticis  violaceis,  mediis,  cum 
trochanteribus  omnibus,  albidis,  anticis  et  reliquis  pedum  partibus  flavo-fuscis  ; 

abdominis  segmentis  usque  ad  5.  nigris,  leniter 
cuprescentibus,  reliquis  viridibus. 

Caput  antice  visum  latitudine  longitu- 
dinem  acquante,  orbitis  et  genis  parum  obliquis, 
distantia  orbitali  superiore  1/3  capitis  latitu- 
dinis  vix  aequante,  genis  quam  orbitis  ses- 
quibrevioribus  ;  ore  lato,  truncate.  Oculi  fere 
glabri,  pilis  brevissimis  ;  linea  ocularis  inferior 
2/5  capitis  longitudinis  ab  ore  distans  ;  genae 
modice  curvatae,  sulcatae  ;  clypeus  rectangu- 
laris  lateribus  bene  limitatus  ;  toruli  subro- 
tundi,  inter  sese  spatio  verticis  latitudini  fere 
aequilongo  remoti  ;  linea  torulos  inferne  tan- 
gens  ab  ore  et  linea  oculari  aeque  distans  ; 
scrobes  antennarum  baud  terminatae,  rectae, 
superne  coniunctae  et  verticem  fereattingentes. 
Forma  capitis  de  latere  subtriangularis,  facie 
plana,  latitudine  maxima  paullum  supra  mediam  longitudinem,  3/4  huius 
attingcnte  ;  ocellis  in  declivio  posteriorc,  in  triangulum  dispositis ;  oculis 
rotundato-triangularibus,  aeque  latis  atque  longis.  Caput  superne  inspectum 
longitudine  2/3  latitudinis  aequans,  oculis   1/4  circuli  fingentibus,  id  est  margins 


«;SfcnH32E12: 


Fio.  36. — Paranastatua  violaceus^  $. 

1,  caput  antice  visum;  2.  de  latere  (x  30); 
3.  maudibulae  apex,  pauUum  oblique  inspectus 
(X  OS):  4,  antenna  (x  30). 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  167 

frontali  et  occipitali  angulum  rectum  formantibus.  vertice  inter  oculos  angusto 
fere  triple  longiore  quam  latiore,  pone  orbitas  nonnihil  longiore  quam  inter 
oculos  latiore. 

Mandibulae  validac,  4-dentatae,  dentibus  secundo  et  quarto  maioribus, 
acutioribus.     Palpi  maxillares  et  labiales  cra.si>iusculi. 

Flagellum  tenue,  funitulo  quam  scapo  duplo  longiore,  annello  latitudire 
sua  sesquilorgiore,  articulis  quatuor  sequentibus  longitudine  subaequalibus, 
sensim  latioribu.s.  prinio  ter  longiore  quam  laticre  ;  articulis  luniculi  5.-7. 
latitudine  paullum  longioribus,  etiam  subaequalibus  ;  clava  quam  articulo 
praecedente  sesquilongiore.  suturis  minus  disfinctis,  vix  obliquis. 

Mesonoti  pars  praeaxillaris  minute,  aequaliter,  reticulata,  aspectu  granulosa, 
glabra,  lateribus  sulcis  angustis  limitata.  carinis  longitudinalibus  obtusis,  area 
triangulari  anteriore  modiee  elcvata.  Axillae  spatio  angusto  separatae.  mcdice 
elongatae,  dimidium  scutelli  longitudinis  vix  superantes,  latere  exteriore  sub- 
sinuato  ;  earum  et  scutelli  dorsuli  superficies  foveolis  minutis,  rectangularibus, 
contiguis,  insculpta.  his  super  dorsulum  sicut  in  primore  digito  curvatim  concen- 
trice  dispositis.  Dorsellum  planum,  in  parte  dimidia  posteriore  semiellipticum  ; 
frenuni  fere  verticale.  laeve,  nitidum.  Dorsellum  parvum,  planum.  Mefcathorax 
partibus  lateralibus  fere  in  planum  dispositis,  de  supra  inspcctis  sicut  in  Calosotere 
et  Metacalosotere  triangularibiis,  angulo  anteriore  externo  recto,  posteriore 
rotundato,  spiraculo  oblique  disposito  breviter  elliptico  ;  partibus  lateralibus 
isthmo  antice  et  postice  curvatim  marginato,  in  medio  dorso  vix  ullo.  coniunctis. 
Mesopleura  in  angulo  anteriore  reticulata,  reliqua  superficie  minute  in  Icngi- 
tudinem  striata. 

Proalae  latitudine  longiores  proportione  15  :  38,  praestigmate  lato,  nerve 
postmarginali  dimidiam  marginaiis  longitudinem  non  attingente  (proportione 
3:7)  et  stigmatici  duplam  aequante  ;  nervo  hoc  recurvo,  clava  indistincta  ; 
superficie  tota  pubescente  pilis  brevibus,  conicis,  acutis  sat  dense  vestita,  pilis 
fimbriae  apicalis  fere  triple  longioribus.  Alae  metathcracis  latitudine  ad  medium 
maxima  7/24  longitudinis  aequante. 

Pedes  normales  :  intermedii  tarso  brevi,  caleari  2/3  metatarsi  attingente, 
huius  spinulis  9-11  in  utraque  serie,  articuli  scquentis  5,  tertii  3,  quarti  1  ;  tibia 
postica  caleari  maiore  eius  latitudini  apieali  aequilongo  et  1/4  metatarsi  attin- 
gente, caleari  minore  setas  apicales  baud  supcrante.  Articulorum  tarsalium 
proportio  :  tarsi  antici,  10  :  7  :  5  :  3  :  6 — medii,  12:5:4:3:  7 — postici, 
20  :  1 1  :  8  :  5  :  7. 

Abdomen  thoraci  subaequilongum,  latitudine  maxima  in  margine  segmenti 
5.  dimidiam  longitudinem  paullo  superante,  extreme  apice  de  supra  inspecto 
rotundato,  ventre  (in  specimine)  subcarinato  ;  tergitis  1.-5.  recte  marginatis, 
integris,  sexto  cenvexe  ;  segmentis  2.-7.  aecjuilongis,  prime  duplo  longicre. 
Terebrae  valvae  abdominis  apicem  baud  superantes. 

Long.  2  mm. 

Specimina  tria,  unum  abdomine  carens. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  :    Mare  aux  Cochons  et  foresta  super  hunc  locum. 

Gen.  Metacalosoter,  n. 

Hoc  genus  a  Calosotere  Walk,  facile  distinguitur  scapo  compresso,  lato, 
feminae  valde  laminato-producto  et  pedicellum,  scuti  ad  instar,  interne  obte- 


168  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

gente  ;    nerv^o  marginali  qiiani  cellula  costali  longiore  :  .setis  Icngis,  lamellaribiis, 
frontem  feminae  de  utroque  latere  ornantibu.s. 

39.  Metacalosoter  frequens,  sp.  n.  (figs.  37,  38). 

Femina.  Capita  viridi,  genis  cupreis  vel  purpureis.  interdum  etiam  pro 
parte  auratis,  ore  cuprco  vel  aureo  ;  setis  frontalibus  niveis  ;  antennis  nigris, 
pilis  funiculi  concoloribus,  scapi  lamina  purpureo-nltcnte,  clava  grisea  ;  man- 
dibulis  brunneo-ferrugineis  ;  palpi.s  pallide  flavis  ;  thorace  abdomincque  vix 
nitidis,  submetallicis,  hoc  toto  nigro,  illo  lateribus  et  metanoto  nigro-violaceis, 
reliquo  dorso  fere  toto  nigro-aeneo ;  pedibus  trochanteribus.  femorum  po- 
steriorum  apice,  tibiae  anticae  margine  apicali,  mediae  dimidio  apicali,  cum 
tarsis  omnibus,  flavo-griseis  vel  obscure  luteis,  reliqui.f  partibu.s  ct  tarsorum 
pulvillo  etiam  nigris  ;  tibiis  posticis  interdum  brunneis  ;  prcalis  flavescenti- 
gri.seis,  limite  posteriore  cellulae  basalis  et  nervis  brunneo-griseis. 

Caput  thorace  latius  proportione  6  :  5,  anticc  visum  transversum,  lorgitudine 
72%  latitudinis  aequans,  vertice  angusto  in  linca  ocellari  postericre  1/4  totius 
latitudinis  baud  superante  ;  orbitis  divergentibus  ;  oculis  magnis.  ccnvexis, 
breviter  pilosis  ;  linea  oculari  inferiore  4/15  capitis  longitudinis  ab  ore  remcta  ; 
fronte  cum  vertice  continua  et  antrorsum  declivi,  in  utroque  latere  setis  longis 
lamellaribus,  facile  deciduis,  ornata  ;  genis  rectis,  obliquis,  quam  diametro  orbitali 
maiore  fere  duplo  brevioribus  ;  ore  late  truncato  ;  torulis  eminentia  parva  sub- 
triangulari  separatis,  inter  sese  spatio  fere  duplo  quam  ab  orbita  remotis.  superne 
vix  ultra  lineam  ocularem  terminatis,  inferne  ab  hac  linea  et  margine  orali 
aequo  spatio  distantibus  ;  media  facie  superne  leniter  concava  et  margine 
arcuate,  diniidiam  orbitarum  altitudinem  non  superante.  inccrte  limitata  ; 
scrobibus  parvis,  vix  detemiinatis,  medio  coniunctis,  valde  obliquis  et  lineam 
ocularem  pauUum  superantibus.  Caput  de  latere  subtriangulare,  oculis  fere 
eadem   forma  at  margine  posteriore   obliquo.      Ocelli  in  triangulum  subaequi- 

laterum  dispositi,  ab  oculis  et  inter  sese  spatio 
eorum  diametro  minore  distantes.  Mandibulae 
parv'ae,  .'J-dentatac. 

Antennae  scapo  laminato-compresso,  lamina 
eius     apicem     superante    duplo     longiore     quam 

j^^^^  ^j^M/yu ^  latiore,  pedicellum,  scuti  ad   instar,  in  latere  in- 

Aj-'CHrl  ='3^      tenore  obtegente.     Pedicellus  crassiusculus,  dimi- 

^'^•*s«3,^^.-^^v^  diam  scapi  longitudinem  non  aequans.     Annellus 


funiculi    articulis    conformis    at    minor ;    articuli 
2 

sequentes    subaequales,     compressi,     fere     duplo 

Fio.  37. — Metacaiosour  frequena.       latiores  quam  longiores,  et  pedunculo  brevissimo, 

1,  maris  autenna(x  68);  2,  aatenna  feminae       vix  COUSpicUO,   COniuUCti,    pilis    Crassis,  Sat   lOHgiS, 

(X  50)  de  latere  exteriore  inspecta.  ..,,,. 

instructi.  Clava  etiam  compressa,  quam  prae- 
clava  baud  latior  et  duplo  longior,  articulo  basali  vix  pilosulo  diniidium 
parum  superante,  apicali  quam  secundo  breviore. 

Mesonoti  pars  praeaxUlaris  area  media  deplanata,  nee  carinis  limitata, 
at  sculptura  magis  conspicua  distincta,  subtiUter  et  parce  pUosula.  Tegulae 
parvae,  triangulares.  Axillae  fere  nullae.  Axillulac  acute  triangulares,  lineam 
scutelli  suturae  fere  attingentes.  iScutcllum  basi  lata,  suturis  axillarum  brevibus 
vix  obliquis,  axillularum,  latera  eius  formantibus,  paralleUs ;  apice  rotundato  ; 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOQICAE   XXIV.    1917.  169 

pube.scentia  sicut  in  mesonoti  parte  praeaxillari.     Dorsellum  mediocre.     Meta- 

notum  antice  et  postice  ad  dorsellum  atque  petiolum  excipienda  semieireulariter 

excavatum,  parte  media  dorsello  aequilonga 

in   longitudinem   minute  strigulosa.     Partes 

laterales    metathoracis    fere    laminares,    in 

planum  dispositae,  sub  triangulares,  margine 

exteriore  vix  curvato,  apice  rotundato,  spira- 

culis  earum  parti  interiore  magis  propinquis, 

subrotundis,  sat  magnis  ;  sculptura  reticulata 

versus  Uneam  mediani  dorsi  gradatim  minu- 

tiore.     Sulcus  mesosternum  et  mesopleuram 

dividens    conspicuus.      Mesosternum    parce 

pilosulum.      Superficies   partis   praeaxillaris 

mesonoti    et    SCUtelli    minute    reticulata,   as-  Fi".  38. — Metacaloater  frequena  $. 

pOCtU      granulosa;       mesopleura       in       ansulo  l.  caput  antice   mspectum  Cx    23;;  2.  mandibula 

.  -^  ^  (X  58);  3,  proala(x  40:  fascian. glabram  pimctonim 

supero-anteriore  conspicue  reticulata,  reliquo     liuea  mdicatj. 
spatio    minutissime  striata. 

Proalae  abdominis  apicem  attingentes.  latitudine  maxima  infra  basim 
nervi  stigmatici,  paullum  ante  3/4  tctius  longitudinis  sita  ;  cellulae  costalis, 
nervi  raarginalis  et  postmarginalis  proportione  sicut  83  :  100  :  27  ;  nerve  post- 
marginali  truncato  apicem  stigmatici  vix  superante  ;  hoc  nervo  tenui,  leniter 
curvato,  clavam  formante  parum  dilatatam,  vix  discretam,  apice  acuto  ad 
marginem  alae  reverso  ;  pilis  fimbriae  apicalis  quam  iUis  in  disco  fere  triple 
longioribus  ;  superficie  superiore  fere  tota  pilis  sat  dense  vestita,  his  infra  nervum 
marginalem  omnibus  antrorsum  plus  minus  vergentibus,  in  limite  posteriore  cel- 
lulae basalis  angustae  divergentibus  ;  superficie  inferiorc  pilis  nonnullis  sparsis 
prope  nervum  marginalem  instructo  ;  nervo  cubitali  linea  glabra  dimidiam  alae 
longitudinem  non  superante  indicate.  Alae  pesteriores  apicem  segmenti  sexti 
attingentes,  pilis  in  margine  posteriore  brevibus,  1/8  earum  latitudinis  aequantibus. 

Pedes  normales,  intermedii  calcari  apice  mucronato  medium  metatarsi 
non  superante,  articulo  tarsali  prime  spinis  8,  interdum  6  vel  etiam  10  in  utraque 
serie,  munito,  secundo  .spinis  5,  tertio  3,  quarto  I.  Pec'es  pestici  calcari  minora 
dimidium  maioris  non  attingente. 

Abdomen  thorace  fere  duple  longius.  angustum.  apice  acutum,  terebrae 
valvis  vix  prominentibus  ;  tergitis  tota  superficie  dori-ali  insculptis,  1.  et  2. 
brevibus  prefunde  angulatim  incisis,  tertio  emarginate,  hoc  et  duobus  sequentibus 
subaequalibus.  Superficies  fere  tota  fortiter  reticulato-insculpta.  areolis  im- 
pressis,  transversis. 

Long.  2,6-3,7  mm. 

Mas.  Capite  minus  nitido,  areis  cuprescentibus  nullis  ;  thorace  plerumque 
nigro-vielaceo,  interdum  derso  nigro-viridi  vel  mesopleura  aenea. 

Caput  thorace  latius  proportione  5:4;  antice  inspectum  subcordiferme, 
lengitudine  75%  latitudinis  non  superans  ;  vertice  minus  angusto,  2/5  totius 
latitudinis  aequante,  antrorsum  parum  declivi,  cum  fronte  baud  continue  ; 
linea  oculari  inferiore  a  margine  clypei  2/7  capitis  longitudinis  remota  ;  genis 
subrectis  ;  ore  baud  late,  latitudini  verticis  aequali  ;  clypeo  fere  duple  longiore 
quam  latiore,  forma  trapezoidali,  interne  baud  discrete,  latcribus  carinis  ebtusis 
limitato  ;  torulis  in  linea  oculari  dispositis,  spatio  eerum  diametro  aequali  ab 
ocuUs  remotis,  inter  sese  spatio  fere  sesquilongiore  ;    scrobibus  baud  deter- 


270  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917. 

minatis,  fronte  immersa.  Forma  capitis  de  latere  subtriangularis,  latitudine 
3/4  longitudinis  fere  aequans,  vertice  subplano,  orbita  rotundatc-triangulari 
latitudinem  capitis  totam  occupante  ;  ocellis  posterioribus  in  medio  vertice  sitis. 
hoc  cum  fronte  in  angulum  fere  rectum  coniuncto.  Caput  superne  visum  vertice 
subquadrato  ct  latitudine  prominentiam  oculorum  aequante,  ocelli.'^  magnis  in 
tuiangulum  aequilaterum  dispositis,  posterioribus  spatio  ab  cculis  remctis  quam 
eorum  diametro  sesquilongiore.  Sculptura  fere  ubicumque  reticulata,  areolis 
in  dimidio  inferiore  faciei  inter  clypeum  et  torulos  minutis,  latera  versus  duplo 
maioribus,  conspicuis  ;  frons  laevis,  nitida  ;  genae  postice  et  tempera  minute 
in  longitudincm  striata  ;   areolae  verticis  sicut  in  epistoniate. 

Antennae  scapo  dilatato,  crasso,  fere  triplo  longiorc  quam  latiorc,  de  latere 
viso  forma  elliptica,  basi  transversim,  apice  oblique  truncate,  verticem  ncn 
superante  :  pedicello  quam  scapo  dimidio  breviore  ;  articulo  sequcnte  annuli- 
formi,  longitudine  sua  parum  latiore,  reliquis  septem  suliacqualibus,  acque  lergis 
atque  latis,  bene  discrctis  ;  clava  elliptica,  articulis  tribus  praecedcntibus  aequi- 
longa  suturisque  vix  obliquis  in  articulos  aequales  divisa.  Pili  totius  antenrae 
sat  frequentes,  crassi,  funiculi  articulerum  longitudincm  fere  attirgentes,  leniter 
curvati.     Scapi  sculptura  reticulata  conspicua. 

Mesonoti  pars  pracaxillaris  superficie  fere  aequalitcr  tt  modice  convexa, 
in  exemplaribus  exsiccatis  medio  tantum  leniter  immersa,  carinis  et  sulcis  nullis  ; 
pilis  aequalitcr  distributis,  spatio  inter  se  remotis  quam  eorum  longitudine 
paullum  breviore.  Metathorax  fere  eadem  forma  quae  in  feminis,  medio  carina 
instructus  brevi.  lateribus  sulcis  limitata  et  pone  mediam  longitudinem  bifurcata, 
incisuram  posticam  amplectente  ;  partibus  lateralibus  minus  versus  apicem 
angustatis.  Sulcus  mesosternum  et  mesopleuram  dividens  conspicuus  ;  sutuia 
epimeri  cum  episterno  vix  indicata  ;  praesternum  triangulare.  Latera  mese- 
thoracis  areolis  illis  dorsi  fere  aequalibus  ;  pars  postica  pleurae  minutissime 
striata,  sculptura  10(»  diam.  magniiicata  vix  conspicua.  Pili  mesosterni  sicut 
in  dorso,  mesopleura  glabra. 

Proalae  ultra  abdominis  apicem  elongatae,  nervo  postmarginali  ILneam  apicis 
nervi  stigmatici  non  superante.  Alae  metathoracis  abdominis  apicem  attin- 
gentes,  pilis  in  margine  posteriore  longis,  1/4  earum  latitudinis  vix  aequantibus, 
cellula  costali  ad  hamulos  extensa. 

Pedes  intermedii  calcari  medium  metatarsi  paullo  superante,  hoc  autem 
in  parte  dimidia  basali  inermi,  reliquo  spatio  denticulis  5  in  utraque  serie  munito  ; 
articulo  tarsali  secundo  denticulis  4,  tertio  2,  quarto  1.  Pedes  postici  fern  oris 
apice  marginem  segmenti  4.  abdominalis  attingentes,  calcari  maiore  latitudinem 
tibiae  apicis  non  aequante.  minore  2/3  maioris  attingcnte. 

Abdomen  thorace  paullum  longius  et  angustius,  lateribus  a  segmento  2. 
ad  4.  rectis,  parallelis  :  petiolo  parvo,  medio  transverse  carinato,  parte  dimidia 
posteriore  in  fovea  abdominis,  anteriore  in  incisura  metathoracis  recepta  ; 
segmentis  margine  apicali  recto,  haud  incise,  longitudine  subaequalibus,  exceptis 
primo  quam  secundo  sesquilongiore,  sexto  brtvi.  Pili  sparsi,  spatio  remcti 
dimidiam  ipsorum  longitudinem  paullum  superante. 

Long.  1,75  mm. 

HahiUit.  Silhouette  :  Mare  aux  Cochons  et  foresta  super  hunc  locum  ; 
"  coast  at  Pointe  Etienne." — Mahe  :  "  Mare  aux  Cochons  district  ;  forest  above 
Cascade  Estate  ;  high  forest  of  Morne  Blanc." — Praslin  :  Cotes  d'Or  Estate. 

Specimina  :    ??  viginti,  (J (J  septem. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    19)7.  171 

SuBFAM.  PTEROMALINAE 

(incl.  Miscogasterinae). 

Gen.  Leodamus,  n. 

(Miscogasterinae). 

De  femina  huius  generis  nihil  constat.  Maris  characteres  qui  genericae 
rationis  esse  mihi  videntur,  hi  sunt  :  funiculi  artieuli  contigui,  pilis  sat  dense 
vestiti,  primus  quam  pedicellus  longior  ;  clava  triarticulata  ;  collare  discretum  ; 
metathorax  carina  et  plicis  instructus,  spiraculis  magnis,  ellipticis,  plicis  et 
postscutello  propinquis,  nucha  nulla  ;  abdomen  ovatum  longitudine  ac  latitudine 
subaequalibus.  Genus  in  tribu  Trydiminorum,  subtribu  Metasteninornm,  ad- 
scribere  licet. 

40.  Leodamus  onustus,  sp.  n.  (fig.  39). 

Mas.  Niger,  facie  cyanescente,  scape,  alarum  nervis  pilisque  dorsi  griseo- 
luteis,  flagello  et  oculis  brunneis,  pedibus  testaceis,  tarsorum  apice  infuscato, 
abdomine  brunneo-aeruginoso  in  dimidio  anteriore  dorsi  testaceo-maculato. 

Caput  thorace  parum  latius,  proportione  6  :  5,  latitudine  sua  sesquibrevius  ; 
antice  visum  vertice  vix  curvato,  oculis  glabris  magnis,  2/3  longitudinis  extensis, 
clypeo  subdiscreto,  margine'leniter  concavo,  antennis  in  media  facie  insertis  ; 
de  supra  inspectum  diametro  longitudinali  1/3  transversi  paullum  superante, 
ocellis  fere  in  lineam  dispositis,  posterioribus  spatio  duplo  quam  ab  oculis  inter 
se  remotis  ;  de  latere  forma  subelliptica,  diametro  transverse  lengitudini  cculi 
aequilongo,  hoc  ovato-elliptice,  latitudine  3/4  eius  longitudinis  aequante  ; 
genis  latis,  teretibus,  profunde  sulcatis.  Superficies  lineis  elevatis  subtilibus 
reticulata,  super  verticem  et  occiput  potius  punctato-reticulata,  clypeo  radiatim 
striguloso. 

Antennae  scapo  ocellum  vix  superante,  flagello  quam  latitudine  eapiti.s 
parum  longiore  ;  pedicellus  pyriformis  longitudine  3/4  artieuli  primi  funiculi 
aequans  ;  annelli  duo,  parvi  ;  funiculus  articulis  adpressis,  sat  dense  hirtis, 
pilis  dimidiam  eorum  latitudinem  superantibus,  articulo  prime  duplo  longiore 
quam  latiore,  sequentibus  gradatim  brevioribus,  baud  crassioribus,  ultimo 
pedicello  aequilongo  et  latitudine  sua  sesquilongiore.  Clava  vix  discreta,  articulo 
tertio  conico,  articulis  praecedentibus 
2\  aequilonga. 

Thorax  sat  robustus,  latitudine  3/4 
longitudinis  aequans,  eoUari  bene  di- 
screte et  margine  anteriore  acute,  po- 
stice  arcuato,  antice  recte  truncate  ; 
sulcis  scapularum  pest  2/3  scuti  lon- 
gitudinis terminatis  ;  scuto  valde  con- 
vexe  ;  scutello  elevate,  quam  scute 
proportione    5  :  6    breviore,    lateribus  j-j^  z^.—Uodamue  onustus,  S. 

leniter     sinUOsis,     freno    haud    discrete,         Proala  ex  45,  limite  partis  glabrae  basalispunctismdiMto). 

fortiter    declivi  ;     axillis    longis    freni 

suturam  attingentibus,  axillulis  fere  verticaliter  dispositis  ;  metanote  1/3  scutelli 

longitudinis   haud    superante,  carina   postice   bifurcata,  plicis  modice  arcuatis, 


172  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1017. 

spatio  inter  plicam  et  carinam  subquadrato,  nucha  nulla.  Spiracula  magna 
elliptica,  postscutello  tangentia,  plicis  fere  contigua.  Sculptura  dorsi,  praesterni, 
mesosterni  atque  epimeri  eadem  quae  capitis ;  episternum  et  meta pleura 
minute  reticulato-sulcata,  nitida.  Callus  pilis  paucis  longis  instructus  ;  dorsum 
pills  nonnullis  sparsis,  tenuibus. 

Proalae  abdomen  superantes,  huius  apicem  stigmate  attingentes,  latae, 
breviter  ciliatae,  cellula  basali  et  speculo  omnino  glabris,  cellula  costali  pilis 
perpaucis  in  dimidio  exteriore  tantum  instructa,  quam  ner\-o  marginali  pro- 
portione  16:  11  longiore  ;  nervo  hoc  quam  postmarginali  duplo  longiore,  stig- 
matico  1/3  eius  longitudinis  nonnihil  superante,  et  quam  postmarginali  fere 
sesquibreviore. 

Calcar  mains  tibiae  posticae  huius  apicis  latitudinem  fere  attingens,  calcar 
minus  dimidio  brevius. 

Abdomen  sessOe,  cordiforme,  thoracis  latitudini  aequilongum,  paullum 
latitudine  sua  longius  (9  :  8),  segmentis  recte  marginatis,  subaequalibus,  fere 
glabris,  superficie  reticulato-sulcata. 

Long.  1,8  mm. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  :    Mare  aux  Coclion.s. 

Specimen  unicum. 


Gen.  Dinarmolaelaps,  n. 
(Miscogasterinae). 

Quae  sit  huius  generis  ad  cetera  Miscogasterinarmn  relatio  difficile  est 
decernere.  Species  cuius  descriptio  sequitur  Dimirmo  characteribus  nonnullis 
accedit,  at  metathorace  differt,  cui  structura  est  Lelapinorum  :  hi  vero  scapulis 
plane  discretis  distinguuntur.  Schulz  {Spolia  Hymenvpterologica,  Paderborn, 
1906.  p.  144)  nomen  Lekips  in  Dilaehps  mutavit,  itaque  Laekipinos  vel  Dikie- 
lapinos  scribere  oportet. 

Genus  subtribui  Metasteninorum  satis  convenit,  eiusque  characteres  praecipui 
hi  sunt  :  clypeus  obtuse  bidentatus  ;  antennae  13-articulatae,  feminae  3- 
annulatae ;  pronoti  collare  subdiscretum  ;  scapularum  sulci  in  1/3  postica 
obsoleti ;  metanotum  plicis  sinuatis,  carina  destitutum,  at  secundum  lintam 
mediam  obtusissime  plicatum  ;  proalae  cellula  costali  angusta,  nervo  marginali 
huius  dimidium  vix  aequante,  postmarginali  quam  stigmatico  duplo  longiore. 
Tibiae  posticae  bicalcaratae.  Abdomen  feminae  longitudinem  thoracis  cum 
capite  superans,  maris  spatulatum,  breviter  petiolatum. 

41.  Dinarmolaelaps  protus,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Nigra,  abdominis  dorso  basi  viridi,  reliquo  cuprescente  ;  oculis 
rubris,  scapo,  tibiis  tarsisque  fulvis,  flagello,  coxis.  femoribus  et  alarum  nervis 
brunneo-luteis,  alls  leniter  infuscatis. 

Caput  magnum,  crassum,  thorace  sesquilatius.  antice  visum  latitudine 
quam  longitudine  latiore,  proportione  9  :  7,  vertice  convexo,  ocuUs  glabris, 
horum  diametro  maiore  5/7  longitudinis  aequante,  linea  oculari  infra  1/3  longi- 
tudinis sita  ;  clypeo  inccrte  limitato,  lateribus  tantum  impressione  laevi  sub- 
discreto,  in  medio  margine  externo  bidentato.  dentibus  brevibus,  obtusis  et 
fovea  sat  profunda  separatis  ;  facie  convexa,  antennis  ad  medium  huius  insertis, 


NOVITATES   ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  173 

fere  contiguis.  Forma  capitis  de  latere,  elliptica,  latitudine  5/7  longitudinis 
aequante  ;  genae  baud  compressae.  Vertex  superne  inspectus  teres,  2/3  latitu- 
dinis  occupans,  ocellis  in  anguhim  valde  obtusum  dispositis,  externis  ab  anteriore 
et  ab  oculis  aequo  spatio  remotis.  Superficies  minute  at  perspicue  reticulata, 
inferius  strigis  ab  ore  ultra  clypeum  radiantibus  sulcata. 

Scapus  tenuis,  ocellum  anteriorem  attingens  ;  flagclli  longitude  latitudinem 
capitis  paullum  superans  ;  pedicellus  latitudine  sua  fere  sesquilongior  ;  articuli 
tres  sequentes  annuliformes,  simul  sumpti  2/3  pedicelli  longitudinis  extensi, 
primus  vix  conspicuus,  tertiiis  quam  secundus  paullum  maior  ;  articuli  quinque 
funiculi  bene  discreti,  primus  pedicello  aequilongus  at  latitudine  huius  sesqui- 
latior,  reliqui  gradatim  crassiores,  ultimus  quadratus  ;  clava  articulis  praece- 
dentibus   2|  aequOonga,  latitudinem  praeclavae  paullo  superans. 

Pronotum  collari  subdiscreto  ;  sulci  scapulares  leniter  impressi,  in  1/3 
postica  obsoleti ;  scutum  aeque  longum  atque  latum,  quam  scutellum  vix  longius  ; 
hoc  basi  angusta  dimidium  eius  latitudinis  maximae  aequante  ;  axUlae  longae, 
in  angulo  anteriore  externo  fovea  rotundata  excavatae  ;  pars  media  metanoti 
etiam  elongata,  scutello  sesquibrevior,  latitudinem  suam  longitudine  superans, 
lateribus  plicis  leniter  sinuatis  limitata,  secundum  lineam  mediam  longitudinalem 
angulum  obtusissimum  formans,  postice  obtruncata,  prcminens,  collari  angusto 
terminata,  fovea  rotunda  antice  in  angulis  externis  impressa.  Sculptura  dorsi, 
mesosterni  ac  episterni  illi  capitis  similis  ;  metanoti  reticulato-squamosa  magie 
conspicua  ;  collare  metathoracicum  fere  laeve,  punctis  minutissimis  insculptum  ; 
episternum  nitidum  ;    metapleura  fere  nitida,  subtiliter  ac  minute  reticulata. 

Proalae  magnae,  breviter  ciliatae,  cellula  costali  angusta,  nervo  marginali 
3/7  costae  aequante,  quam  stigmatico  magis  quam  duplo  longiore,  proportione 
22  :  9,  hoc  versus  apicem  sensim  latiore  in  clavam  desinente  rotundatam,  dente 
brevi  instructam  ;  nervo  postmarginali  quam  stigmatico  duplo  longiore,  cellula 
basali  glabra  extus  serie  setarum  nervum  indicantium  limitata,  area  speculari 
secundum  nervum  marginalem  et  paullum  infra  hune  elongata.  Alae  meta- 
thoracis  cellula  costali  dimidium  nervi  marginalis  attingente. 

Pedes  haud  robusti,  postici  coxis  in  latere  exteriore  fortiter  compresso- 
acutis  et  pilis  paucis  in  dimidio  inferiore  instructis,  tibia  calcaribus  duobus 
munita,  altero  3/4  metatarsi  aequante,  altero  quam  hoc  dimidio  breviore. 

Abdomen  quam  thorax  cum  capite  fere  sesquUongius,  acuminatum,  in 
specimine  exsiccato  triquetrum  ;  segmentis,  praeter  basale  mains,  subaequalibus, 
valvis  apice  proniinentibus  segmento  ultimo  aequilongis  ;  superficies  fere  tota 
concinne  ac  minute  striato-reticulata,  segmentum  basale  tamen  dorso  laevi, 
nitido. 

Long.  2.5  mm. 

Mas  oculis,  scape,  femoribus,  tibiis  posticis  alisque  obscurioribus,  coxis 
nigris,  abdominis  dorso  basi  haud  virescente  ;  oculis  ex  latere  inspectis  ellipticis  ; 
antennis  annellis  duobus  brevibus  arete  contiguis,  articulo  primo  funiculi  quam 
latitudine  sua  duplo-  et  quam  pedicello  sesquilongiore,  sexto  parum  latitudine 
longiore,  clava  conica  articulos  duos  praecedentes  longitudine  vix  superante, 
haud  crassiore  ;  abdomine  spatuliformi,  quam  thorace  paullum  longiore,  pedun- 
culo  subeylindrico,  aeque  longo  atque  lato. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  :  Mare  aux  Cochons. — Mahe  :  "  cultivated  country  at 
about  1,000  ft." 

Specimina  duo  <?<?,  unum  ?. 


174  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

Gen.  Habrocytus  Thomson. 

Species  Habrocyti  generis  habitu  tantum  es.se  similes,  natura  vero  baud 
affines,  Kurdjumow  demonstravit,  neque  ego  eo  nomine  utar  nisi  species  quas 
sum  descripturus  non  alio  generi  convenire  nee  novo  nunc  adscribendas  judicareni. 
Harum  mandibulae  sunt  ambae  4-dentatae.  verum  non  desunt  inter  Habrocytos 
species  nonnullae  quibus  dentes  mandibulares  codtm  sint  numero  in  utroque 
latere,  sicut  Kurdjumow  recognovit  :  hie  autem  auctor  dentium  numerum  in 
Chalcidi/lum  generibus  definiendis  etiamque  in  speciebus  recognosccndis,  parvi 
momcnti  esse  opinatur. 

42.  Habrocytus  morio,  sp.  n. 

Fetnina.  Nigra,  oculis  concoloribus,  abdominis  dorso  vix  cuprescente,  pro 
parte  cyanescente ;  scapo  pallide  flavo-griseo,  versus  apicem  obseuriore,  flagello 
usque  ad  medium  articuli  quinti  flavo-rufo,  reliquo  spatio  nigro  ;  proalis  pone 
cellulam  basalcm  umbra  flavescenti-grisea,  sub  stigmate  macula  rotundata  eius- 
dem  coloris,  parum  conspicua,  ornatis,  nervis  griseo-fuscis  ;  femoribus  bninneis, 
tibiis  tarsisque  pallide  flavo-griseis,  illis  ad  medium,  his  apice  infuscatis. 

Caput  magnum,  crassnm,  thoraeem  latitudine  superans  proportione  7:5; 
antice  visum  longitudine  sua  latius  proportione  4  :  3,  oculis  magnis,  glabris, 
sat  prominulis  ;  linea  oculari  inferiore  ad  4/5  capitis  longitudinis  sita  ;  genis 
brevibus,  obliqiiis  ;  clypeo  apice  bidentato,  dentibus  triangularibus  contiguis  ; 
mandibulis  4-('entatis,  dentibus  duobus  internis  hand  acutis ;  antennarum 
torulis  fere  coniiguis,  ad  medium  faciei  in  lineam  post  3/4  oculorum  longitudinis 
sitam  dispositis.  Vertex  teres,  sed  inter  ocellos  minus  rotundatus,  occUis  po- 
sterioribus  eodem  spatio  ab  oculis  quam  inter  se  remotis,  anteriore  lineae  posteriori- 
bus  tangenti  contiguo.  Forma  capitis  de  latere  elliptica,  latitudine  5/8  longitu- 
•dinis  aequante  ;  oculis  longe  ovatis,  in  diametro  longitudinali  quam  in  transverse 
sesquUongioribus  (37  :  25)  ;  genis  bene  rotundatis,  vix  conspicue  sulcatis.  Super- 
ficies fere  tota  lineis  elevatis  reticulum  formantibus  insculpta,  areolis  frontis 
elongatis,  plerunique  rhombicis  ;  strigae  a  clypeo  radiantes  valde  tenues  atque 
confertae. 

Scapus  Mubrectus.  ocellum  anteriorcm  fere  attingens  ;  flagellum  latitudini 
capitis  aequilongum,  crassiusculum,  subclavatum,  articulis  adpressis,  ultimis 
funiculi  et  clava  fere  duplo  quam  pedicello  crassioribus.  Annelli  subaequales, 
cylindrici,  sat  conspicui.  Funiculus  articulo  primo  quam  pedicello  fere  sesqui- 
longiore,  sequentibus  usque  ad  quintum  sensim  brevioribus  et  latioribus,  ultimo 
magis  dilatato,  aeque  longo  atque  lato,  quam  pedicello  baud  longicre.  Clava 
articulis  tribus  praecedentibus  aequilonga,  quam  praeclava  paullum  latior, 
apice  aeuto. 

Thorax  sat  robustus,  latitudine  3/5  longitudinis  attingens.  CcUare  supra 
angustum,  lateribus  dilatatiim  et  .secundum  lineam  margini  anteriori  parallelam 
elevatum.  Metanoti  area  media  cordiformis,  baud  earinata,  superficie  leniter 
•convexa  et  lateribus  immersa,  ita  ut  partes  laterales  externae  metathoracia 
margine  elevato  plicas  sinuosas  cfficiunt  ;  foveolae  liuius  areae  prope  dorselli 
extremitates  amplae  at  parum  profundae  et  incerte  limitatae ;  zona  nitida 
postscutelli  foveis  rotundis  inter  se  remotis,  ternis  in  utroque  latere,  impressa  ; 
nucha  magna,  subcyUndrica,  fere  duplo  latiore  quam  longiore.  Spiracula  elliptica, 
sat    magna.     Callus    pilis    pauois    longis.     Mesothoracis    dorsum    retieulatum. 


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modice  vitro  auctum  punctatum,  scabrum  ;  areolis  fere  omnibus  aequalibus, 
nusquam  elongatis,  fundo  baud  polito.  Metathorax  ixticulo  magis  minuto 
insculptus,  nucha  tantum  transverse  rugosa.  Episternuni  reticulo  fere  incon- 
spicuo. 

Proalae  nerve  marginali  quam  cellula  costali  fere  sesquibreviore,  stigmatico 
2/5  eius  aequante,  postmarginali  quam  hoc  longiore,  proportione  5  :  3,  quam 
marginaU  breviore,  proportione  5:7;  cellula  costaH  in  1/3  ultimo  pilis  brevibus 
instructa,  cellula  basali  tota  parce  pOosa,  speculo  huius  altitudincm  non  superante 
formaque  rhomboidali,  angulo  anteriore  externo  nonnihil  prcducto  ;  pilis  apica- 
libus  brevibus.  Alae  metathoracis  cellula  costali  sat  lata,  nervo  marginali 
confertim  rigid o-setoso.  Coxae  posticae  pilis  quibusdam  longis  ad  medium 
lateris  posterioris  instructae. 

Abdomen  longitudinem  thoracis  cum  capite  vix  superans,  in  dimidio  anteriore 
triquetrum,  de  supra  inspectum  3/4  thoracis  latitudinis  aequans,  forma  lanceolata, 
versus  basim  et  apicem  aequaliter  angustatum,  extreme  apice  acuto  ;  segmentis 
praeter  secundum  subaequilongis,  hoc  1/4  longitudinis  primi  ncn  superante. 
Superficies  haud  polita,  sed  sculptura  inconspicua  (?),  basi  tantum  brevi  spatio 
nitida,  in  segmentis  tribus  apicalibus  breviter  pilosula. 

Long.  3,5  mm. 

Mas.  Differt  flagello  fusco,  abdominis  dorso  in  dimidio  anteriore  macula 
brunneo-lutea  nctato,  tibiis  anterioribus  luteis,  posticis  praeter  basim  et  apicem 
brunneis  ;  funiculo  articulis  aequo  latis,  usque  ad  quartum  longitudine  sub- 
aequalibus,  duobus  ultimis  ciuam  primo  sesquibrevioribus,  simid  sumptis  clavae 
aequilongis  ;  abdomine  thoraci  aequilongo,  superficie  reticulato-sulcata,  inter 
.segmentum  primum  et  sextum  lateribus  reetis,  segmento  quinto  latissimo. 

Long.  1,5-1,7  mm. 

Habitat.  Praslin  :   Cotes  d'Or  Estate. 

Specimina  duo  SS,  unum  ?. 

43.  Habrocytus  cyanescens,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Obscure  cyaneo-grisea,  vertice  episterno  et  metapleura  virescenti- 
bus,  subauratis  ;  abdomine  nitido  segmento  basali  et  lateribus  viridibus,  dorso 
cuprescenti-nigro  ;  oculis  brunneo-rufis,  scapo  cimi  pedicello  ferrugineis,  funiculo 
et  clava  fuscis  ;  alarum  nervis  griseis  ;  pedibus  flavo-rufis,  femoribus  ad  medium 
fusco-maculatis  vel  umbratis,  tarsis  pallidis  apice  infuscatis. 

Caput  magnum,  thorace  latius  proportione  14:11,  antice  visum  longitudine 
5/7  latitudinis  aequante,  vertice  vix  arcuato,  oculis  4/5  fere  longitudinis  extensis, 
glabris,  sat  prominulis  ;  genis  brevibus  in  dimidio  inferiore  immersis  ;  clypei 
parte  media  concavo-marginata  prope  marginem  impressa;  mandibulis  4- 
dentatis,  dente  basali  magno  rotundato-truncato,  ceteris  acutis,  apicali  evidenter 
quam  ceteris  longiore  ;  antennis  in  media  facie  ad  l/3altitudinisorbitaruminsertis. 
Forma  capitis  de  latere  inspecti  elliptica,  inferne  truncata,  latitudine  sesquilongior, 
ccidis  ovatis  diametro  transverse  3/4  latitudinis  et  5/7  ccrum  dismetri  Iciigi- 
tudinalis  aequante  ;  genis  subtiliter  sulcatis.  Caput  de  supra  inspectum 
compressum,  diametro  longitudinali  1/4  transversi  haud  superante,  ocellis  sat 
magnis,  anteriore  lineae  posterioribus  tangenti  contiguo,  his  ab  orbitis  minus 
quam  inter  se  remotis  (proportione  7  :  10).  Superficies  lineis  elevatis  minute 
reticulata,  glabra,  areolis  fere  ubicumque  aequalibus,  fundo  nitidis,  infra  hneam 


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ocularem  et  super  tempera  tantum  elongatis  ;  strigis  clj'peum  parum  supe- 
rantibus. 

Scapus  rectus,  ocellum  anteriorem  attingens ;  annelli  aequales,  simul 
sumpti  dimidiam  pedicelli  longitudinem  aequantes  ;  articulus  primus  funiculi 
pedicello  inconspicue  longior,  sequentes  sensim  breviores,  parum  latiores,  ultimus 
5/8  longitudinis  primi  aequans,  vix  latitudine  .sua  longior.  C'lava  articulis  duobus 
praecedentibus  aequilonga,  paullum  latior. 

Thorax  latitudine  sesquilongior,  collari  angusto,  de  supra  inspccto  lateribus 
baud  parallelis  sed  fortiter  retro  convergentibus  et  cum  parte  antica  prcthoracis 
angulum  acutum  formantibus  ;  dorso  inter  scutum  et  scutellum  valde  depresso  ; 
scutello  quam  scuto  vix  breviore  et  quam  metanoto,  absque  dorsello,  duplo 
longiore.  Area  media  metanoti  cordiformis  late  truncata,  id  est  trapezoidalis 
angulis  anterioribus  rotundatis  ;  latitudine  sua  latior  proportione  5:3;  parte 
tertia  postica  nucham  formans  incerte  antrorsum  limitatam  ;  carina  vix  elevata  ; 
foveis  prope  dorselli  extremitates  rotundis,  magnis,  diametro  1/5  areae  latitudinis 
aequantibus  ;  plica  utriusquc  lateris  post  foveam  recto-lineari,  super  nuchas 
latus  desinente,  in  angulo  huius  anteriore  crj-ptam  profunda  excavatam  extus 
limitante.  Spiracula  magna,  elongata.  Superficies  dorsi  item  atque  capitis 
reticulata,  glabra  ;  metanoti  area  media  sculptura  magis  minuta  ;  episternum 
et  metapleura  nitida. 

Proalae  basi  glabrae,  cellula  costali  quam  nervo  marginali  longiore,  pro- 
portione 5  :  3,  pilis  uniseriatis,  nervo  postmarginali  2/3  huius  haud  superante, 
stigmatico  3/5  postmarginalis  et  1/2  marginalis  aequante,  speculo  extus  recte 
limitato,  pilis  marginis  apicalis  brevissimis. 

Coxae  posticae  ad  medium  lateris  posterioris  longe  piJosae. 

Abdomen  thoraci  cum  capite  aequilongum,  latitudine  4/5  thoracis  vix 
aequans,  basi  triquetrum  ;  de  supra  inspectum  elongate  ovato-acutum,  seg- 
mentis  2.  et  3.  aequalibus,  simul  sumptis  basali  convexo-marginato  aequilongis, 
segmentis  4.-6.  huic  subaequalibus  ;  apice  parce  pilosulo,  superficie  subnitida, 
sulcato-reticulata,  in  segmento  basali  tantum  laevi  et  magis  nitente. 

Long.  3  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :  "  near  Morne  Blanc." 

Specimen  unicum. 

Gen.  Bruchobius  Ashmead. 
44.  Bruchobius  medius,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Griseo-viridis,  metallica,  fere  chalcea,  capite  thoraceque  subnitidis, 
abdomine  fere  toto  obscuriore,  nitido  ;  oculis  obscure  rubris,  scapo,  pedicello 
annellisque  duobus  primis  griseo-luteis,  annello  ultimo,  funiculo  et  clava  brunntis, 
alarum  nervis  pallidis,  grisescentibus,  femoribus  brunneis,  genubus,  tibiis  tarsisque 
flavo-albidis,  his  artieulo  apicali  infuscato. 

Caput  magnum,  crassum,  thorace  paullum  latius,  antice  visum  rotundatum 
et  longitudine  5/6  latitudinis  aequans,  oculis  glabris,  antennis  in  media  facie 
paullum  supra  lineam  ocularem  insertis,  clypeo  truncato  ;  de  supra  inspectum 
duplo  latius  quam  in  medio  longius,  ocellis  in  angulum  acutum  dispositis,  externis 
inter  se  remotis  spatio  duplo  quam  distantia  ab  oculis,  hac  distantiae  ab  ocello 
anteriore  aequilonga  ;  de  latere  inspectum  vertice  aliquantulum  angustato, 
bene  rotundato,  facie  inferius  magis  elevata,  oculis    subelUpticis,   id  est   supra 


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et  infra  minus  late  curvatis  et  diametro  maiore  oblique  disposito,  hoc  lati- 
tudini  capitis  fere  aequali.  diametro  autem  transverse  3/5  longitudinalis  hand 
superante. 

Antennae  scapis  fere  contiguis,  rectis  ;  flagello  latitudinem  capitis  vix 
aequante  ;  annellis  tribus,  ultimo  duplo  latiore  quam  longiore  ;  funiculo  sat 
crasso  articulisque  sensim  latioribus,  primo  quam  pedicello  paullum  longiore, 
secundo  3/4  primi  baud  superante  et  pedicello  aequilorgo,  sexto  vix  latitudine 
longiore  ;  clava  articulis  duobus  praecedentibus  aequilonga  ;  articulorum  sensillis 
linearibus  paucis,  nusquam  pluriseriatis. 

Sculptura  dorsi  confertim,  profunde  et  sat  grosse  punctata,  super  meta- 
thoracem  item  atque  super  caput  magis  minuta,  punctis  etiam  minus  fortiter 
impre.ssis.     Pili  dorsi  et  capitis  breves,  rigidi.  albi. 

Thorax  robustus,  dorso  in  dimidio  anteriore  planiusculo,  collari  lato,  1/3 
longitudinis  scuti  attingente,  bene  discrete,  in  parte  media  baud  acute  marginato  ; 
sulcis  scapularum  non  ultra  2/3  scuti  longitudinis  extensis,  hoc  quam  latitudine 
sua  maxima  sesquibreviore  et  scutello  aequOongo  ;  freno  baud  discrete  ;  lati- 
tudine et  longitudine  scutelli  aequalibus  ;  metanoto  dimidiam  scutelli  longitu- 
dinem  paullum  superante,  carina  et  plicis  destitute,  feveolis  duabus  rotundatis 
parvis  at  satis  profundis  prope  dorselli  extremitatibus  excavatis  ;  nucha  parum 
prominente,  antice  impressione  laevi  incerta  limitata  ;  spiraculis  mediccribus 
latitudine  sesquilongioribus  ;  angulis  posticis  metathoracis  sat  longe  pilosis. 
Praesternum  parvum. 

Proalae  cellula  costali  cjuam  nerve  marginali  longiore,  propertione  4/3, 
hoc  et  postmarginali  incerte  limitate  subaequilongis.  stigmatice  quam  marginali 
fere  sesquibreviore,  proportiene  11  :  17,  clava  sat  magna  baud  rotundata  ter- 
minate ;  pilis  apicalibus  brevibus.  Alae  metathoracis  in  parte  basali  fortius 
angustatae,  latitudine  maxima  ad   1/3  longitudinis,  cellula  costali  lata. 

Abdomen  longitudinem  thoracis  cum  capite  aequans,  quam  thorax  minus 
latum,  de  supra  inspectum  evali-acutum,  segmento  basali  1/4  longitudinis 
fermante,  secundo  breviore,  tertio  primo  aequilongo,  quarto  et  quinto,  simul 
sumptis,  secundum  itemque  sextum  aequantibus.  Superficies  laevis,  nitida, 
in  segmento  sexto  tamen  reticulato-sulcata. 

Long.  1,9  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :   Cascade  Estate. 

Specimen  unicum. 

Gen.  Micromelus  Walker. 
45.  Micromelus  affinis,  sp.  n. 

Mas.  Niger,  abdomine  cuprescente,  pedibus  cum  coxis,  scape,  pedicello 
anneUisque  flavis.  funiculo  et  clava  flavo-fuscis,  oculis  brunntis.  ocellis  pulchre 
rubris,  vertice  cyanescente-nigro,  facie  cum  genis  totis,  metanoto  abdominisque 
basi  obscure  viridibus,  alarum  nei-vis  flavo-griseis. 

Caput  magnum,  crassum,  thorace  latius,  ocuUs  glabris.  hand  prcminulis, 
dimidium  longitudinis  extensis,  de  latere  inspectis  subrotundis  ;  genis  perspicue 
sulcatis  ;  vertice  in  longitudinem  et  latitudinem  sat  curvate,  superne  vise  4/5 
latitudinis  capitis  aequante  ;  eceUis  in  angulum  obtusum  dispositis,  pesterioribus 
ab  anteriore  et  erbitis  aequo  spatio,  inter  se  spatio  duplo  quam  ab  orbitis, 
remetis  ;  occipite  concave,  baud  limitate. 

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Flagellum  latitudinem  capitis  aeqiian.s  ;  pedicellus  latitudine  sua  fere  duplo 
longior  ;  annelli  tres  simul  siimpti  dimidiuni  pedicelli  vix  .«uperantes,  duo  primi 
aequales,  tertius  fere  duplo  lungior  ;  funiculi  articuli  quinque  pedicello  aequilongi 
et  latitudine  paullum  latiores,  sen.sillis  linearibus  pilisque  longis  instructi  ;  clava 
articulis  piaccedentibus  2i  aequilonga. 

Thorax  4/5  latitudinis  capitis  aequan.s,  de  latere  inspcctus  pronoto  sub- 
verticali,  scuto  atque  dorsello  in  eodem  piano  di.spo.^itis,  aequaliter  curvatis  ct 
aequilongis  ;  metanoto,  cum  nucha,  cpiani  his  baud  breviore  et  anguli  recti 
diniidium  declivitate  fonnante.  Prothorax  superne  inspectus  conico-obtruncatus, 
basis  latitudine  duplam  longitudinem  atquans  ;  margine  anteriore  angulo 
obtuse  in  medio  excavate  et  costis  duabus  parallelis  instructo  ;  collari  angusto, 
antice  recte  terminato.  margine  subacute.  Sulci  scapularcs  antice  tantum  in- 
dicate Metanotum  de  supra  inspcctum  triangulare,  apice  truncatum,  nucham 
tegularem  formans  a  reliqua  superficie  hand  discretam  ;  plicae  subtiles,  spiraculis 
proximae,  vix  censpicuae  ;  spiracula  minima,  oblonga,  a  postscutelle  paullum 
remota. 

Proalae  ncn'o  stigmatice  in  clavam  baud  parvam  desintnte,  quam  neivo 
marginali  sesquibreviore  (8  :  13),  hoc  et  postmarginali  aequilongis,  cellula  basali 
et  speculo  glabris,  margine  sat  longe  ciliato. 

Sculptura  capitis  et  dorsi  reticulata,  areolis  sat  magnis.  plerumque  regulariter 
hexagonis,  fere  ubicumcpie  acqualibus,  reticule  strigis  parum  elevatis,  in  lati- 
tudinem convexis,  formate.     Dorsum  setis  perpaucis  longis  instructum. 

Abdomen  longitudinem  capitis  cum  thorace  aequans,  huius  latitudinem 
vix  superans,  ovato-acuminatum,  segmcnto  basali  parvo  1/5  totius  longitudinis 
extenso,  nitido,  in  margine  postico  convexo,  segmentis  reliquis  transverse  reti- 
culatis,  3.-5.  aequalibus. 

Long.  1,45  mm. 

Hahitdt.  Silhouette  :  Mare  aiix  Cochons  plateau. 

Adii.  Haec  species  Micromdo  elonguio  Thorns,  peraffinis  videtur. 

iSpecimen  unicum. 


Gen.  Phaenacra  Forster. 
46.  Phaenacra  eurycephala,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Capitc  thoraceqiie  uigris,  albo-pilosis,  abdomine  supra  brunneo- 
cuprescente,  in  segmcnto  basali  pallidiore  ;  oculis  rufo-brunncis  ;  pedibus, 
alarum  nervis.  scape  in  dimidio  apicali.  pedicello  annellisque  grisee-luteis,  .scapi 
dimidie  basali  albide  ;  funiculo  brunneo-luteo,  albo  pubescente,  clava  brunnta 
articulo  ultimo  pallido. 

Caput  magnum,  thorace  latius  proportione  S  :  5,  antice  visum  longitudine 
3/4  latitudinis  acquante,  facie  satis  cenvcxa,  vertice  late,  2/3  totius  latitudinis 
extense,  oculis  glabris,  haud  prominulis,  lirea  oculari  inferiore  paullum  infra 
medium  longitudinis  sita.  genis  fortiter  curvatis,  peristomie  parvo,  clj'peo  apico 
medio  inciso-bidentato  ;  de  latere  inspcctum  subcllipticum  longius  quam  latius 
proportione  7  :  4,  verfice  aliquantulum  angustato,  oculis  ovatis,  diametro  trans- 
verso  c[uam  lengitudinali  sesquibreviore.  genis  subtiliter  suleatis  ;  superne  visum 
longitudine  partis  mediae  1/3  latitudinis  aequante,  ocellis  in  angulum  obtusuni 
dispositis,  posterioribus  ab  anteriore  ct  oculis  aeque  distantibus.  inter  se  spatio 


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sesquilongiore  remotis,  vertice  hand  postice  limitato.  Superficies  in  dimidio 
inferiore  faciei  .strigulosa,  reliquo  spatio  sculptura  reticulata  parum  conspicua. 

Antennae  in  linea  oculari  insertae,  scapis  lincaribus  contiguis  ocellum  vix 
superantibus.  Flagellum  quam  latitude  capitis  paullum  brevior ;  pedicellus 
conicus.  duplo  longior  cj^uarn  latior  ;  annelli  subaequales  ;  funiculi  articuli  tres 
primi  aequilongi,  quam  pedicellus  vix  breviores,  gradatini  crassiores,  primus 
apicis  latitudine  pedicellum  baud  superans  ;  articuli  tres  ultimi  longitudine 
decrescentes.  sensim  crassiores,  sextus  quadratus  ;  clava  articulis  tribus  praece- 
dentibus  aequilonga,  suturis  vix  conspicuis. 

Thorax  brevis,  altus.  collari  marginato  ;  scutello  elevato,  aeque  lato  atque 
longo  ;  dorsello  foveola  punctiformi  in  utroque  latere  prope  eius  extremitates 
impressa,  a  metanoto  baud  costa  separate  ;  metanoto  sine  carina  nee  plicis,  in 
parte  media  antice  areolis  duabus  notato  rotundis,  depressis,  et  dorselli  extremita- 
tibus  contiguis,  postice  nucha  instructo  satis  magna  at  parum  prominente,  in 
utroque  latere  areolis  depressis  limitata.  Spiracula  par^^a.  subrotimda.  a  post- 
scutello  remota.  t'ollare  transverse  strigulosum  ;  sculptura  dorsi  fortiter 
impressa,  reticulato-punctata,  super  metanotum  areolis  dimidio  quam  in  scutello 
latioribus.     Pili  super  dorsum  sat  frequentes,  crassi,  longiusculi. 

Proalae  cellula  costali  quam  neivo  marginali  duplo  longiore,  nervo  stigmatico 
dimidium  marginalis  aequante,  nervo  postmarginali  incerte  terminato,  quam 
marginali  haud  breviorc,  speculo  sub  praestigmate  non  limitato. 

Coxae  posticae  parvae.  pilis  paucis  longis  in  latere  posteriore  instructae. 

Petiolus  transversus. 

Abdomen  longitudinem  thoracis  cum  capite  superans,  latitudinem  thoracis 
fere  aequans,  elongate  ovato-acutum,  segmento  basali  parvo  1/6  longitudinis 
occupante,  nitido,  in  margine  postico  convcxo,  segmentis  2.-5.  subaequalibus, 
fere  laevibus. 

Long.  2  mm. 

Habitat.  Anonymo  Island  ("a  cultivated  islet  near  Mahe"). 

Adn.  Hanc  speciem  generi  Phaenacrae  attribuendam  judicavi,  etsi  capitis 
latitudine,  illam  abdominis  superante,  et  proalarum  nervis.  a  Phaeruicra  nubigera 
Forst.,  quae  typus  est  generis,  differret.  Homojyjrvs  1  homs.,  Urielln  Ashm.,. 
nee  non  Tropidogastra  Ashm.,  Kurdjumowi  judicio  idem  sunt  atque  Phaenacra 
(Revue  riisse  (FEntom.  xiii.  1 91 3.  No.  1 .  p.  3).  Species  autem  quam  nunc  descripsi, 
a  typis  horum  generum  his  characteribus  praecipue  differre  videtur  :  ab  Homoporo 
[ulviventre  (Walk.)  capite  quam  thorace  latiore  et  clypeo  apice  inciso.  ab  Uriella 
rufipede  Ashm.  nervo  marginali  quam  stigmatico  longiore,  a  Tropidogastra 
arizonensi  Ashm.  metanoto  carina  instructo. 

Specimen  unicum. 

Gen.  Merallus,  n. 

Genus  Micromelo  et  Phaenacrae  intennedium,  ab  illo  nucha  fere  nulla 
distinguitur  ;  cliaracteres  eius  praecipui  sunt  flagellum  3-annulatum  stigmaque 
proalarum  crassuni.  Species  typica  habitu,  etiam  colore,  Phaenacrae  enrycephalae, 
quam  nuper  descripsi,  similis  est. 

47.  Merallus  pbaenacroides,  sp.  n.  (figs.  40,  41). 
Species  praecedenti  haud  congener,  habitu  et  colore  similis,  sed  alarum  clava 
conspicua  antennisque  in  femina  triannulatis  facile  distinguenda. 


180  NOVrTATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

Femina.  Nigra,  abdominis  leniter  cupre.scentis  basi  cum  metanoto  nigro- 
viridibus.  pilis  albis  ;  oculis  bninneo-riifis.  scapo,  pedicello  et  clava  fere  tota 
griseo-luteis,  funiculo  lutescenti-bninneo,  griseo-pilosulo  ;  femoribus  fusci.s, 
tibiis  pallide  flavis  versus  apicem.  cum  tarsis,  albis,  his  apice  infuscatis  ;  alarum 
nervis  flavo-griseis. 

Caput  thoracem  latitudine  superans.  liac  quaui  longitudine  sua  paullum 
maiore  :  oculis  glabris  parum  prominulis,  dimidio  fere  loiigitudinis  extensis,  de 
latere  inspectis  supra  et  infra  minus  rotundatis  ;  facie  convexa.  antennis  mox 
supra  dimidium  huius  insertis.  Unea  oculari  inferiore  1/3  capitis  longitudinis 
ab  ore  remota  :  ocelli'<  in  angulum  obtusuni  dispositis,  externis  ab  anteriorc 
paullum  minus  quam  ab  oculis  remotis.  inter  se  spatio  duplo  quam  distantia  ab 
oculis.  Longitude  capitis  supeme  inspecti  3/8  latitudinis  in  medio  aequans. 
Superficies  sculptura  reticulata  conspicua,  elj^peo  tantum  strigoso. 

Seapus  ocellum   anteriorem   vix   superans  ;     flagellum   latitudinem   capitis 

aequans,  piUs  longiusculis.  Annelli  tres 
simul  sumpti  quam  pedicellus  vix  breviores. 
duo  primi  subaequales,  tertius  fere  duplo 
longior.  Articulus  primus  funiculi  pedicello 
paullum  latior  at  fere  duplo  longior.  articuli 
Fio.  io.-MeraUus  phaenacroide,,  ?.         gequentes  gradatim  curtantes  et  crassiores. 

Antennae  pars  (X  130j.  ,    .  ,  ^, 

ultimus  quadratus.  Clava  exsiccata  com- 
pressa,  quam  articulus  primus  funiculi  nonnihil  longior.  quam  praeclava  latior 
et  dupla  longitudine. 

Thorax  hand  brevis,  latitudine  3/4  capitis  hand  superans,  collari  valde  angusto 
sed  bene  discreto,  metathorace  carina  et  plicis  destituto,  nucha  fere  nulla,  baud 
prominente.  collare  parvura  formante,  metanoti  areolis  rotundis  prope  dorselli 
extremitates  leniter  impressis  et  limite  incerto.  .spiraculis  parvis  parum  elongatis. 
Mesothoracis  dorsum  lineis  elevatis  crassis  reticulum  formantibus,  quam  in 
capite  magis  conspicuum  ;  metathorax  reticulo Uneis elevatis  subtilibus insculptus. 
Prothoracis  collare  punctulatum.     Pili  super  dorsum  rari,  crassi,  longiusculi. 

Proalae  nervo  marginali  3/4  cellulae  costalis  aequante.  postmarginali  eadem 
proportione    quam    marginali   breviore,  c[uam  stig- 
matico  duplo  loneiore,  hoc  clava  sat  magna,  baud 
rotundata.  terminato. 


Abdomen    triquetrum.    longitudinem    thoracis 
cum    capite    aequans,     latitudine    quam    thoracis        Fig.  i\.—MeraUus  phaena- 
minore,  de  supra  inspectum  elongate  ovato-acutum,  '"^'"  '"'  *' 

^  ^  ®  Proalae  nervi  (x  43). 

segmento  primo  1/5  longitudinis  paullum  superante, 

2.    et    3.    aequalibus    simul    suniptis    primo   aequilongis,    relicjuis   longioribus. 

Superficies  transverse  reticulata. 

Long.  2  mm. 

Mas.  Niger  vel  nigro-viridis,  metathoracis  partibus  quibusdam  aliisque 
saepe  auratis,  abdominis  segmento  basali  in  medio  dorso  flavido.  clava  funiculo 
concolori,  tibiis  pro  parte  infuscatis.  Flagellum  longum,  thoracem  cum  capite 
longitudine  fere  aequans,  pilis  longis  instructum.  articulorum  latitudini  subac- 
quaUbus.  Pedicellus  brevis  ;  annelU  duo,  parvi  ;  funiculi  articulus  primus  quam 
pedicellus  triplo  longior.  baud  latior.  articuli  sequentes  sensim  breviores  et 
crassiores,  sextus  dimidiam  primi  longitudinem  vix  superans  et  latitudine  paullum 
maior  ;  clava  articulo  hoc  duplo  longior.     Abdomen  thorace  paullum  brevius, 


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lateribus  vix  curvatis,  latitudine  maxima  cvideiittr  post  medium  sita,  segniento 
basali  1/3  Iongitudini.s  formante. 

Long.  1,47-1,5  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :    Cascade,  "  all  from  cultivated  country  near  sea-level." 

Specimina  tria  SS-  unum  2. 

Gen.  Notoglyptus,  n. 

Hoc  novum  genus  etiam  in  Italia  occurrit.  Specimina  duo,  utraque 
masculina,  observavi,  aspectii  valde  similia,  at  speciebus  diversis  pertinentia, 
quorum  alterum  in  Liguria  a  dominis  Bensa  et  Solari  inventum,  alterum 
.seychellense,  in  Insula  Mahe  captum.  Huius  faciei  formam,  genas.  clypeum 
atque  thoracis  latera  examinare  non  potui  et  in  descriptione  praetermisi, 
quare  .species  italica,  mihi  melius  cognita,  generis  typus  erit  ;  ab  ea 
genericam  diagnosim  deducam.  Quae  haec  est  :  Caput  vertice  lato,  ocellis 
in  angulum  obtusum  dispositis,  genis  in  dimidio  inferiore  excavatis,  ore 
angusto,  clj'pei  margine  prominente,  integro,  mandibulis  validis  (sinistra 
3-dentata  ?)  acute  ac  longe  dentatis,  maxillarum  palpis  normalibus  ;  fiagello 
sat  longe  pilosulo.  Thorax  pronoti  collar!  acute,  _scutello  pone  axUIarum  suturas 
alveoUs  nonnullis,  medio  dorso  fovea  elliptica,  juxta  freni  suturam  foveoUs 
numerosis  transversim  subseriatis,  excavate  ;  dorselle  transversim  sulcato  ; 
metanoto  carina  et  plicis,  rectis,  subparallelis  instructe  ;  .spiraculis  rotundis  a 
postscutello  parum  remotis ;  mesosterno,  mesefimero  ac  metapkura  haud 
laevibu  :.  Proalae  nervo  basali  parce  pubescente.  nervo  marginal!  tenui,  post- 
marginali  quam  stigmatico  duple  longiore.  Petiolus  elongatus  coxas  superans, 
reticulo  minute  insculptus,  huius  areolis  elongatis.  Abdomen  segmentis  post 
secundum  retractis.  Genus  Cry ptoprymno  valde  proximum,  at  scapuUs  sicut  in 
Merismo  plane  discretis  et  scutelli  alveoUs  foveisque  bene  distinctum. 

Specierum  huic  generi  pertinentium  mares  ita  distinguas  : 

N.  niger — S  :  niger,  funiculi  articulis  omnibus  elongatis,  prime  latitudine 
duple-,  ultimo  sesquilongiore  ;  metanoto  inter  carinam  et  plicas  aequaliter 
insculpte  ; 

N.  viresce7is — cJ  :  obscure  viridi-aeneus,  thoracis  feveis,  petiole  abdemineque 
nigris ;  funiculi  articulo  prime  latitudine  sesquilongiore  ;  metanoto  inter 
carinam  et  plicam  utriusque  lateris  area  rotundata  specular). 

48.  Notoglyptus  virescens,  sp.  n.  (figs.  42,  43). 

Mas.  Obscure  viridi-aeneus,  his  partibus  etiam  obscurieribus,  fere  nigris  : 
capite  praeter  tempera,  genas  et  zenam  juxta  marginem  anteriorem  erbitae, 
mesoscuto  praeter  zonas  marginales.  axillulis  foveis  alveelisque  omnibus  dorsi 
metanoto  praeter  aream  subnitidam  inter  carinam  et  plicam,  utriusque  lateris  : 
foveis  alveelisque  omnibus  dorsi  et  abdomine  cum  petiole  nigris.  Oculi  rufe- 
brunnei  ;  antennaruni  .scapus,  mandibulae,  tegulae  et  alarum  nervi.  pallide 
flavo-grisei  ;    flagellum  flavo-fuscum  ;    pedes  cum  coxis  lutei. 

Caput  sat  magnum,  crassum,  thoracis  latitudinem  vix  superans,  antice 
visum  oculis  haud  prominuhs,  glabris,  2/3  eius  longitudinis  extensis,  facie  leniter 
convexa,  antennis  in  Hnea  oculari  insertis  ;  de  supra  inspectum  diametre  lengi- 
tudinali  dimidium  transvcrsi  fere  aequante,  vertice  subplano  postice  haud 
marginato,  ocellis  in  angulum  ebtusissimum  dispositis,  externis  inter  se  pauUum 


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magis  quam  ab  oculis  remotis  ;  de  latere,  oVatiim,  inferne  truncatum,  tenipori- 
bus  genisque  latis,  his  carina  obliqua  divisis  ex  parte  inferiore  orbitae  retrorsiim 
decurrente,  oculis  latitiidine  sesquilongioribus,  forma  etiani  cvata,  at  in 
dimidio  inferiore  postice  recte  marginatis.  Superficies  capitis  lineis  subtilibus 
reticulata,  zona  juxta  marginera  anteriorem  orbitae,  temporibus  genisque,  fere 

laevibus.  Antennae  sat  longae  atque 
tenues  ;  scapo  subreeto  ocellum  hand 
superante  ;  flagello  thoraci  aequilongo. 
pilis  longitudine  articulos  funiculi 
aequantibus  ;  pedicello  latitudine  sua 
fere  duplo  longiore  ;  annellis  duobus. 
aequalibus,  simul  sumptis  quam  arti- 
culo  sequente  dimidio  brevioribus  ;  hoc 

Fig.  42. — Notonh/ptus  vinscctia,  (?.  ,.      „.    i    ...      i.  ,,  , 

\.iit   mi    jars  (<  1311)  pedicelh  latitudinem  paullo  superante 

eiu.^que  longitudine  paulluni  minore ; 
reliquis  funiculi  articulis  sensim  brevioribus,  at  sensini  crassioribus,  ultimo  sub- 
quadrato  ;    clava  articulis  praecedentibus  2|  aequilonga. 

Thorax  superne  inspectus  proncto  duplo  latiore  quam  longiore,  coUari  in 
medio  dorsi  valde  angusto,  antice  recte  marginato  ;  mesoncti  parte  pracaxillari 
brevi,  triplo  latiore  quam  longiore.  scapulis  plane  discretis,  triangularibus  fere 
aequilateris  ;  scuto  antice  duplo  quam  postice  latiore  ;  scutello  quam  scuto 
duplo  longiore,  latitudine  sua  sesquibreviore  ;  axillis  fere  ccntiguis  et  axilhilis 
magnis,  his  propc  alae  metathoracis  radiculam  mucronem 
conspicuum  formantibus  ;  dorsello  lineari  transverso  ; 
metanoti  parte  media  scuto  aequilonga,  postice  in  nucham 
obtruncatam  produeta,  medio  obtuse  carinata,  lateribus 
plicis  limitata  fere  totis  reetis  et  in  tertio  posteriore 
tantum  curvatis  ;  spiracuUs  rotundis  a  post.scutello  et 
plicis  satis  remotis  ;  eallo  parce  at  longe  pilosulo.  Prc- 
notum  transverse  strigulosum,  reliquum  dorsum  reticu- 
latum.  certis  locis  alveolis  subquadratis  vel  foveis rotundis 
excavatum.  Areolae  reticuli  super  scutellum  et  scutum  Fig.  43. — Noiogli/ptua 
maiores.   in  hoc   lineis  elevatis,  prope  margines   tamcn 

^        *  _  *^  Thoracis  dorsum  cum  cons 

minus  conspicuis,  salientibus,  determinatae.     Sulci  sea-  posticis  it  petioio  (x  45). 

pulares    serie   singula   alveolorum   impressa.     Scutellum 

nitens,  basi  alveolis  sex  excavatum,   quorum  duo  median!  minores.  in  limbo 

apicali  arcuato  et  in  linea  frenuin  limitante  foveis  impressum  contiguis,  seriatis. 

Pars  media  metanoti  reticulo  insculpta  ex  lineis  elevatis,  sicut  super  scutum, 

formato. 

Proalae  longitudine  corpus  cum  capite  aequantes,  liaud  latae.  basi  fere 
omnino  glabrae,  rcliquo  spatio  paice  pubescentes,  a  pice  sat  Icnge  ciliatae  ;  cellula 
co.stali  in  margine  glabra,  in  superficie  angusta  pilis  uniseriatis  ;  cellula  basali 
postice  tantum  pilorum  serie  limitata  ;  speculo  non  infra  nervum  marginalem 
extenso  ;  hoc  dimidio  quam  cellula  costali  breviore  et  ner\-o  postmarginali  fere 
aequilongo,  .stigmatico  dimidium  postmarginalis  aequante.  Alae  metathoracis 
angustae,  cellula  costali  basalem  non  superante,  nervo  marginali  sat  lato,  pilis 
marginis  po.stici  dimidiae  alarum  latitudini  subaequalibus. 

Pedes  long!,  baud  robusti.  Coxae  posticae  metanoto  paullum  breviores, 
pilis  paueis  longis  ornatae. 


XOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     !r»17.  Ig3 

Petiolus  coxas  longitudine  aequans,  ncque  propter  insertionem  superans, 
cylindricus,  latitudine  sua  dupio  longior,  superficie  minute  granulosa. 

Abdomen  breve,  obtruncatuni,  de  supra  inspectum  forma  semielliptica, 
de  latere  paullum  depressum,  segmentis  post  basale  retractis  et  apiculum  vix 
prominens  formantibus.  Segment!  basalis  longitude  distantiam  ab  extreme 
anteriore  thoracis  usque  ad  scutelli  frenum  fere  aequans,  latitude  spatio  hoc 
parum  minor.     Marge  posticus  leniter  concavus,  superficies  laevis,  nitida. 

Long.  1,4  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :    ■'from  marshes  on  the  coastal  plain  near  Anse  Reyalc." 

Specimen  unicum. 

Gen.  Sphegigastrella,  n. 
Hoc  genus  subtribui  Sphegigasterinorum  (recte  Sphecigasterinorum)  adscribere 
licet.  Eius  characteres  praecipui  hi  sunt  :  flagellum  annellis  tribus,  tertio,  in 
maribus,  quam  .secundo  perspicue  maiore  ;  articuli  quinquc  funiculi  elongati ; 
clava  3-articulata  ;  sulcus  scapularis  in  1/3  pestico  obsoletus ;  scutellum  freno 
baud  discreto,  hoc  in  parte  eius  extrema  ac  verticali  quaerende ;  metathorax 
carina  et  plicis  destitutus,  spiraculis  ellipticis  ;  petiolus  in  feminis  coxis  posticis 
brevier,  in  maribus  aequilongus  :  abdomen  elengatum,  segmento,  basali  quam 
ceteris  hand  longiere.  Genus  a  Sphegigastro  praecipue  dift'ert  articule  quinto 
annuliformi,  genis  hand  cempressis,  petiole  quam  coxis  posticis  nen  longiore, 
segmento  abdoniinali  secundo  quam  prime  minere  ;  Eimjdinotomorphae  Giraulti 
aflfine  videtur. 

49.  Sphegigastrella  longigastra,  sp.  n. 
Femina.  Obscure  viridis,  metanoti  parte  media  nigra  ;  oculis  rubris  ;  flagello 
et  alarum  nervis  brunneis  ;    scape,  tegulis  pedibusque  praeter  coxas,  interdum 
etiam  his  apice,  obscure  luteis,  vel  rufescenti-luteis,  femoribus  posticis  obscuri- 
oribus  ;    proaHs  hj-alinis  vel  infuscatis. 

Caput  therace  latius  preportione  3/2,  longitudine  sua  proporticne  7:5; 
antice  visum  vertice  arcuate,  oculis  sat  magnis  3/5  faciei  longitudinis  extensis, 
glabris  ;  genis  fortiter  curvatis ;  cl3'pee  medio  bidentate,  haud  discrete ; 
antennis  supra  lineam  ocularem  in  media  facie  insertis,  radiculis  spatio  inter  se 
remetis  quam  oculerum  prominentia  sesquibreviere.  Vertex  teres,  ab  occipite 
haud  separatus,  ocellis  magnis,  anteriore  lineae  posterioribus  tangenti  contigue, 
his  spatio  ab  orbitis  rcmotis  quam  distantia  inter  eos  intercedente  sesquilongiere. 
Forma  capitis  de  latere  elliptica  inferne  truncata,  oculis  late  ovatis  diametro 
transverse  4/5  lengitudinalis  aequante  ;  genis  sulcatis,  teretibus.  Superficies 
fere  tota  minute  reticulata  ;    clypeus  radiatim  subtiliter  strigulesus. 

Antennae  tenues,  scapo  tenui,  recto,  ocellum  anterierem  haud  superante, 
flagello  capitis  latitudini  fere  aequilengo.  Pedicellus  duple  longior  quam  latier  ; 
annelli  tres  simul  sumpti  dimidiam  pedicelli  lengitudinem  paullo  superantes, 
1.  et  2.  aequales,  duple  latiores  quam  lengieres,  tertius  vix  maier  ;  articuli 
quinque  funiculi  pedicelli  lengitudinem  et  latitudinem  paullum  superantes  fere 
duple  longiores  quam  latiores  ;  clava  articulis  duobus  praecedenfibus  fere  aequi- 
lorga.  haud  latior,  apice  haud  acute,  articulis  basali  et  apicali  longitudine 
aequalibus,  intermedio  quam  his  parum  longiore. 

Thorax  capitis  longitudine  fere  duplo  longior.  prothorace  sat  m.agne,  sub- 
conico,  antice  in  articulatione  capitis  marginato-limbato,  collari  discreto,  angusto, 


184  Nov:tates  Z00L031CAE  XXIV.  1917, 

antrorsum  declivi  et  margine  hand  promincnte  :  sulcis  scajnilariim  in  1/3  postica 
non  elongatis.  abnipte  terniinatis  ;  scutelli  freno  hand  discrcto  ;  metanoto 
scutello  aequilongo,  carina  ct  plicis  destitiito,  prope  dorselli  cxtremitates 
laterales  fovea  sat  magna  oblique  elliptica,  postice  baud  limitata,  impresso  ; 
nucha  angusta,  callo  parce  pilosulo,  spiraculis  ellipticis.  Mesonoti  pars  prae- 
axillaris  item  atque  scutellum  lineis  elevatis  conspicne  reticulata,  aieolis  regu- 
lariter  polygonis  ;  sculptura  axillarum  et  metathoracis  prrpe  sulcum  spiracuJi 
fere  obsoleta,  in  parte  media  metanoti  usque  ad  nucham  concinne  alveolata. 

Proalae  in  parte  tertia  basali  fere  omnino  glabrae,  reliquo  spafio  confertim 
pubescentes,  speculo  distincto,  nervo  marginali  tenui,  diniidium  ceilulae  ccstalis 
longitudine  aequante.  postmarginali  paulium  breviore.  leniter  ciirvato.  stig- 
matico  quam  hoc  dimidio  breviore,  versus  apicem  sen.sim  dilatato  it  clava  baud 
determinata,  pilis  marginis  brevibus.  Alae  metathoracis  cellula  costali  usque 
ad  hamulos  limbo  angustissimo  producta. 

Coxae  posticae  pyriformes,  modice  elongatae,  pilis  brevibus  in  latere 
anteriore  ornatae.  in  dimidio  apicali  lateris  posterioris  longe  pilosae. 

Petiolus  metanoto  parum  brevier,  2/3  coxarum  longitudinis  vix  attingens, 
basi  angustus,  medio  globosus  et  fere  laevis,  in  tertio  postico  subcylindricus, 
transverse  strigulosus  ;  de  supra  inspectus  duplo  longior  quam  latior,  de  latere 
in  dorso  sinuatus  et  inferne  leniter  convexus. 

Abdomen  subfusiforme,  valde  elongatum,  duplam  thoracis  longitudinem 
aequans,  latitudinem  baud  superans,  segmento  basali  1/5  longitudinis  extenso, 
margine  postico  convexo,  quinto  conico  et  duobus  praecedentibus  fere  aequilongo  ; 
superficie  minute  reticulata,  areolis  transversis,  in  segmentis  tantuni  primo  et 
.secundo  laevi,  nitida  ;   terebra  baud  prominente. 

Long.  3,5-4  mm. 

Mas  abdomine,  interdum  etiam  thorace,  nigro-viridibus  vel  nigris,  coxis 
posticis  concoloribus  vel  item  atque  femoribus  lutescenti-brunneis  ;  annellis 
1.  et  2.  aequalibus,  3.  conspicue  maiore,  aeque  longo  atque  lato,  annulos  prae- 
cedentes  longitudine  aequante,  quam  articulo  primo  funiculi  dimidio  breviore  ; 
hoe  quam  pedicello  paulium  magis  et  latitudine  sua  duplo  longiore  ;  articulis 
sequentihus  bene  discretis,  sensim  brevioribus,  idtimo  latitudinem  parum 
longitudine  superante,  omnibus  sat  longe  pilosis  ;  clava  articulis  duobus  prae- 
cedentibus vix  longiore  ;  proalis  apice  minus  breviter  ciliatis  ;  peduneulo  sub- 
cylindrico  metanoto  et  coxis  posticis  aequilongo,  harum  apicem  propter  meta- 
thoracis prominentiam  superante  ;  abdomine  angusto,  usque  ad  segmentum 
septimum  elongate  triangulari,  longitudine  thoraccm  cum  peduneulo  fero 
aequante,  latitudine  maxima  prope  apicem  2/3  thoracis  attingentc.  Long.  2-3 
mm. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  :  JIarc  aux  C'ochons  plateau  et  foresta  super  huno 
locum. — JIahe  :  "  near  Morne  Blanc,  including  specimens  from  the  high  forest 
cf  Morne  Pilot,  at  about  2,000  ft.  ;  Cascade  Estate,  1,000  ft." 

Specimina  duo  ??,  quinque  33. 

50.  Sphegigastrella  flavipes,  sp.  n. 

Species  praecedenti  similis,  sed  miner,  petiolo  pedibusque  totis  luteis  prae- 
cipuc  distinguenda. 

Femhm.  Capite  thoracecpie  griseo-viridibus,  nitidis  ;   vertice  viridi-aeneo  ; 


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oculis  rubris  ;  antennis  flavo-griseis  praeclava  et  clava  fuscis,  vcl  etiam  scapo 
obscure  luteo  et  flagello  brunneo-luteo,  clava  vix  obscuriore  ;  pedibus  cuiu 
coxis  et  abdominis  petiolo  luteo-rufis  vel  luteis  ;  abdomine  pallida  brunneo, 
leniter  viridi-  et  cupreo-nitente  ;   alis  plu.s  minus  infuscatis,  nervis  griseis. 

Caput  quam  in  specie  pracedente  paullum  latius,  thoracem  latitudine 
superans  proportions  7  :  5.  Oculi  ex  latere  inspccti  ovato-rotundati,  diametro 
longitudinal!  ac  transverso  subaequalibus. 

Annellus  tertius  praecedentibus  manifeste  maior.  Funiculus  articulis  minus 
attenuatis,  sensim  paullo  brevioribus-longioribus,  ultimo  fere  quadrato  ;  clava 
quam  articulis  duobus  praecedentibus  aliquantulum  longiore  atque  latiore. 

Sculptura  dorsi  sicut  in  specie  praecedente,  sed  areolis  maioribus  harumque 
fundo  nitido  ;  metanotum  in  parte  media  fere  tota  grosse  alveolatum,  prope 
sulcum  spiraculi  utrinque  fere  laeve,  nitens. 

Proalae  pubescentia  minus  conferta,  apice  sat  longe  ciliatae,  nervo  mar- 
ginali  quam  cellula  costali  sesquibreviore,  postmarginali  3/4  marginalis  aequante, 
quam  stigmatico  longiore  proportione  5  :  3,  hoc  quam  nervo  marginali  fere 
dimidio  breviore. 

Coxae  posticae  magis  elongatae,  metanotum  aequantes. 

Petiolus  coxas  baud  superans,  his  fere  sesquibrevior,  antice  tantum  paullum 
attenuatus. 

Abdomen  thoracis  longitudinem  et  4/5  huius  latitudinis  fere  aequans,  ad 
medium  latissimum. 

Long.  2  mm. 

Mas  differt  pilis  flagellum  ornantibus  articulis  aequilongis,  petiole  coxas 
postieas  paullo  superante,  longitudine  quintuplam  latitudinem  aequante, 
abdomine  latitudine  maxima  post  medium  longitudinis  sita. 

Habitat.  Mahe,  Silhouette,  Praslin,  variis  locis.  "  Mahe  :  from  cultivated 
land  at  about  1,000  ft.,  and  from  endemic  forest  of  rather  stunted  '  Capucin  ' 
(Northea)  trees  on  summit  of  '  Montagne  Anse  Major  '  at  about  2,000  ft. — 
Silhouette,  from  high  endemic  forests." 

Adn.  Huic  speciei  etiam  attribuenda  videntur  specimina  quinque  masculina 
(quorum  duo  statura  minima),  petiolo  cum  coxis  posterioribus  et  femore  postico 
brunneis  vel  flavo-griseis. 

Specimina  plurima. 

Gen.  Pachycrepis  Forster. 
51.  Pachycrepis  spilopterus,  sp.  n.  (fig.  44). 

Femina.  Obscure  viridis,  facie  et  propectore,  auratis  ;  scape  cum  pedicello 
luteis,  funiculo  et  clava  fuscis  ;  oculis  nigris  ;  pedibus  cum  coxis  etiam  luteis, 
his  posticis  basi  extus  virescente  ;  tegulis  obscure  luteis,  proalis  nervis  flavo- 
griseis  et  macula  magna  prope  stigma  nigra  ;    abdomine  nigro-cyaneo. 

Caput  magnum,  thorace  latius  proportione  9:7;  antice  visum  longitudine 
7/10  latitudinis  vix  aequans,  forma  fere  trapezoidali,  vertice  convexo,  genis 
rectis,  sat  longis ;  de  latere  inspectum  longitudine  et  latitudine  subaequalibus, 
oculis  rotundatis,  genis  fovea  magna  triangulari  fere  totis  excavatis.  Clypeus 
interne  baud  limitatus,  in  margine  exteriore  triarcuatus,  sLnu  medio  aliis  parum 
angustiore.  Mandibulae  magnae,  dentibus  aeutis,  externo  maximo,  sinistra  4-, 
dextra  3-dentata  (?).     Ocelli  in  angulum  obtusum  dispositi,  externi  spatio  inter 


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se  remoti    quam   ab    oculis   sesquibreviore.     Superficies   faciei   tota    piinctato- 
reticulata,  verticis  minute  reticulata. 

Antennae  paullum  supra  lineam  ocularcm  in  medio  faciei  insertae,  retrfr.^um 
flsxae  metanotum  attingentcs  ;  scapo  verticem  valde  superante  ;  pcdicello 
latitudine  paullum  longiore,  basi  vix  constricto  ;  annellis  brevissimls,  primo 
minimo  ;  funiculi  articulis  elongatis,  pedunculo  brevissimo  coniunctis.  pilisque 
eorum  latitudinem  fere  aequantibus  ornatis  :  articulo  primo  fere  duplo  quam 
pedicello  longiore  et  latitudine  sua  ncnnihil  longiore,  articulis  sequentibus  grada- 
tim  paullum  brevioribus  ac  latioribus,  sexto  vix  longiore  quam  latiore  ;  clava 
elongate  ovata.  articulis  duobus  praecedentibus  baud  crassiore  et  parum  longiore, 
quam  articulo  primo  funiculi  sesquilongiore.  suturis  aequaliter  tripartita. 

Thorax  brevis,  altus  ;  dorso  valde  curvato,  item  atque  capitis  vertice  rcticu- 
lato,  super  metanotum  reticulo  fortius  insculpto  ;  collar!  angusto,  antice  acute 
niarginato  ;  scutello  antice  zona  fere  plana,  angusta,  limitato,  freno  vix  dis- 
creto  ;   metanoto  tecti  instar  in  longitudinem  plicato,  juxta  dorselli  extremitates 

fovea  incerte  limitata,  hand  profunda,  impresso  ; 
calli  fimbria  fere  nulla. 

Proalae  nervo  marginali  et  stigmatico  aequi- 
longis,  1/3  costae  aequantibus,  nervo  postmar- 
ginali  quam  his  fere  duplo  longiore. 

Pedes     postici    coxis     laminato-compressis, 
ovatis.  pilis  fere  omnino  dcstitutis. 
Fig.  4i.—Pachycrepi3  Petiolus  aeque  longus  atque  latus. 

apilopterus,  (J.  Abdominis    latitude    i/3    thoracis    aequans, 

rro:.ia  (x  2.)-  longitudo  huic  subaequaUs. 

Long.  1.5  mm. 
Mas  facie    magis    aurata,   flagello  longius    pilosulo,   abdominis   segmento 
primo,  sive  postpetiolo,  lineari.  brunnec-lutto.  duplani  crxarum    longitudinem 
aequante. 

Habitat.  Mah^  :  "  Mare  aux  C'oclions  district,  and  countrv  above  Port 
Glaud." 

Specimina  duo  59,  unum  <J. 

Gen.  Dipara  Walker. 
52.  Dipaia  nifescens,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Capite  nigro,  oculis  concoloribus,  facie  inferne  saepe  testacea, 
corpore,  cum  coxis,  testaceo-rufo  et  pro  parte  nigro,  interdum  fere  toto  rufo  vel 
brunneo  ;  pedibus  flavo-rufis,  tarsis  pallidioribus  apice  fuseis,  alls  leniter  grise- 
scentibus  vel  griseo-fuscis,  nerv'is  flavo-griseis,  antennarum  scapo  obscure  luteo, 
flagello  interdum  concolore,  plerumque  fusco. 

Caput  thorace  latius  proportione  8  :  7,  antice  visum  Icngitudine  5/6  lati- 
tudinis  aequans,  vertice  convexo  inter  ocellos  posteriores  magis  elevato.  ocello 
medio  mox  supra  lineam  oeularem  sito,  oculis  glabris  minus  quam  2/3  longi- 
tudinis  extensis  ;  linea  oculari  inferiore  2/7  capitis  longitudinis  ab  ore  rtmota; 
hoc  baud  lato  ;  genis  fortiter  curvatis  ;  clypeo  subquadrato  in  margine  cxterno 
integro  ;  facie  supra  clypeum  mcdice  elevala  ;  antennis  paullum  supra  lineam 
oeularem  paullunique  sub  medium  faciei  insertis.  efd«m  fere  spatio  inter  se 
quam  ab  orbita  remotis.     Vertex  de  supra  inspcctus  3/4  lalitudinis  cccupans, 


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antrorsum  leniter  declivis,  postice  indistincte  marginatus,  tamen  angulum  fere 
rectum  cum  occipite  formans  ;  hoc  linea  circulari  foramen  includente  satis 
clevata,  superficie  plana,  verticali.  Ocelli  sat  magni,  in  triangulum  rectangu- 
larem  dispositi.  externi  ab  anteriore  atque  orbitis  aequo  spatio  renioti,  margini 
oecipitali  contigui.  Forma  capitis  de  latere  duplo  longior  quam  latior,  postice 
linea  recta  limitata,  antice  fere  aequaliter  curvata,  orbita  latitudine  sua  parum 
longiore,  ovato-elliptica  ;  genis  sulcatis.  Scrcbes  latae  sed  interne  tantum 
impressae,  hand  profundae.  Mandibula  dextra  acute  tridentata.  Superficies 
capitis  minute  reticulatc-sulcata,  setis  nonnullis  super  verticem  longis  ; 
eminentia  infra  antennarum  insertionem  et  clypcus  fere  laeves,  subnitidi. 

Antennae  longae,  retrorsum  fiexae  ad  medium  petioli  productae ;  scapo 
recto  ocellum  anteriorem  vix  attingentc  ;  pedicello  quam  scapo  haud  latiorc, 
latitudine  sesquilongiore  ;  annello  baud  conspicuo  ;  articulis  septem  funiculi 
aequalibus,  primo  pedicellum  latitudine  aequante,  omnibus  bene  discretis,  pilis 
dimidiam  latitudinem,  sensillis  fere  totam  longitudinem  aequantibus  ;  clava 
triarticulata,  articulis  praecedentibus  2i  aequilonga. 

Thorax  brevis,  haud  robustus,  fere  gibbosus,  latitudine  longior  proportione 
11:7,  prothorace,  scuto,  scutello  et  metanoto  fere  aequUongis  ;  collari  magno 
longitudine  latiore  proportione  5  :  3,  antice  haud  marginato.  lateribus  rectis  ; 
scuto  aeque  longo  atque  lato,  antice  quadruple  quam  in  latere  postico  latiore  ; 
sulcis  scapularum  fortiter  impressis,  leniter  sinuatis,  cum  axillarum  extremitate 
contiguis  ;  scutello  ovato,  convexo,  latitudine  sua  sesquilongiore,  sutura  freni 
paullum  pone  medium  longitudinis  sita  ;  metanoto  plus  minus  distincte  carinato, 
superficie  rugoso-costata,  apice  truncato,  spiraculis  parvis,  fere  rctundis,  a 
postscutello  parum  remotis.  C'ollus  transverse  concinne  striatus  ;  suj  t  rficies 
dorsi  minute  sulcato-reticulata,  areolis  inaequalibus,  ad  medium  scutelli  ct  super 
axillas  minimis,  foveolis  rotundis  nonnullis,  setas  longas  ferentibus,  sparse 
excavatis.  Frenum  in  longitudinem  striatum.  Praesternum  sat  magnum, 
antice  recte  angulatum,  inferne  productuni.  fere  laeve  ;  mesosternum  eonfertim 
alveolato-punctatum  ;  mesopleura  et  collaris  latera  transverse  strigulosa  ;  meta- 
pleura  triangularis,  reticulata. 

Proalae  abdomen  superantes,  postcosta  tenui,  apice  subtiliore.  setisque 
quincjue  longis  aliisr^ue  minoribus  instructa,  quam  nen^o  marginal!  proportione 
7  :  9  breviore  ;  nervo  hoc  cum  postmarginali  longe  .«etcsis  ;  stigmatico  1/5 
marginalis  fere  attingente  et  clava  parva  fere  scmicirculari  terniinato,  dente  sat 
longo,  tenui,  munito  :  nervo  postmarginali  ad  extremitatem  marginis  anterioris 
alae  producto,  pcstcostac  aequilongo  ct  quam  stigmatico  magis  triplo  longiore  ; 
cellula  costali  perangusta,  basali  nervo  valde  obliquo  extus  terminata,  fere 
glabra  ;  speculo  secundum  nervum  marginalem  disposito  usque  ad  dimidium 
huius  elongato,  incerte  limitato  ;  pilis  inter  speculum  et  nervum  marginalem 
minus  confertis,  in  marginc  apicali  sat  longis.  Alae  metathoracis  abdominis 
apicem  attingentes,  angustae,  longitudine  quintuplam  latitudinem  aequantes, 
margine  anteriore  fere  toto  recto,  posteriore  leniter  curvato,  nervo  marginali 
1/3  longitudinis  occupante,  cellula  costali  super  hunc  non  elongata,  setis  marginis 
postici  et  apicis  longioribus. 

Pedes  cum  coxis  clongati,  femoribus,  tibiis  tarsisque  longitudine  sub- 
aequalibus,  tarsis  tenuibus.  Coxae  anticae  fere  laeves,  2/3  femoris  aequantes, 
mediae  atque  posticae  reticulatae-sulcatae,  modice  vitro  auctae  transverse 
strigulosae  ;    haec  ultimae  magnae,  subfusiformes,   1/2  thoracis  et  5/6  petioli 


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longitudinis  attingentes,  latitudine  sua  triple  longiores,  linea  elevata  in  margine 
apicali  alia  que  prope  hunc  annulos  formantibus. 

Petiolus  valde  elongatus,  deorsum  declivis,  interdum  leniter  arcuatus, 
dimidium  thoracis  longitudinis  superans,  latitudine  1/5  longitudinis  suae  aequans, 
forma  cylindrica.  superficie  scabra,  satis  vitro  aucta  punctato-alveolata. 

Abdomen  parvum,  nitidum,  segmentis  post  primum  retractis,  petioli  longi- 
tudinem  parum  superans,  de  supra  inspectum  semiovale,  margine  postico  recto 
et  longitudine  sesquibreviorc,  fovea  postpetioli  parva  ;  de  latere  obovatum, 
longitudine  duplam  altitudinem  fere  attingens. 

Long.  2  mm. 

Mas  feminae  similis. 

Habitat.  "  Mahe  :  marshy  coastal  plain  near  Anse  Royale. — Silhouette  : 
coast  near  Pointe  Etienne,  and  forest  above  Mare  aux  Cochons. — ^FeUcit^  Island." 

DE   SPALANGIINIS 

Revisionem  generum  quae  sunt  Cerocephalae  Westw.  aflSnia,  ad  ea  bene 
definienda  et  recognoscenda  necessariam  esse  opinor.  Nunc  tentamen  tabulae 
analyticae,  species  mihi  observatione  exemplarium  vel  descriptionibus  notas 
includentis,  hie  referam,  etsi  marium  characteribus  saepc  omissis  et  diagnosibus 
nimis  brevibus,  studiosis  parvae  utilitatis  fore  videatur. 

Praeter  species  sej'chellenses  in  hac  monographia  descriptas,  quarum  unam 
subgeneri  novo,  duas  generibus  etiam  novis  adscribere  licet,  exemplaria  observavi 
Theocolaci  formiciformi  Westw.  pertinentia,  mascuUnum  et  femiiieum,  quae  mihi 
dominus  Waterston  (sub  nomine  "  Cerocephala  jormicifonms  Westw.")  ex  Anglia, 
comiter  misit,  aliaque  generi  Chaetospilae  Westw.  attribuenda,  feminea,  in 
Italia  septentrionali  (Veneto)  inventa  (ex  coUectione  Magrettii,  in  Museo  Civico 
Gfenuensi)  alia  denique,  eiusdem  sexus,  a  dominis  Dodero  et  Mantero  prope 
Genuam  coUecta.  Hacc  ultima,  quae  alio  loco  describam,  forma  crunt  typica 
generis  novi  quod  Sciatherodes  appellabo.  In  Chaetospilae  exemplaribus  eosdem 
characteres  obseivavi,  exceptis  nonnuUis  specificae  rationis,  quos  Westwood 
descriptione  feminae  et  figuris  indicavit,  itaque  in  opinione  Thomsoni  atque 
Forsteri  non  convenio,  qui  Chaetospilam  ac  Cerocephalam  pro  synoniniis  habue- 
runt :  differentias  inter  haec  genera  Westwood  ipse  recognovit,  neque  hoc  eum 
fefelUsse  videtur.  Auctorum  exemplum  secutus,  Cerocephalam  formam  illam 
appello  quam  Ratzeburg  postea  nomine  Sciathera  descripsit,  at  non  satis  certum 
judico  Cerocephalam  coniigeram  Westw.  in  Gneimi  "  Magasin  de  Zoologie  "  de- 
scriptam,  et  Sciatheram  trichotum  Ratz.,  eidem  speciei,  immo  eidem  generi, 
pertinere.  Crawfordi  Cerocephala  airoviolacea  *  et  bakeri,'\  generi  CerocepJialae 
juste  relatae  videntur. 

In  tabula  analytica  genera  Spalangia  Latr.  et  ParaUiesthia  Cam.  omisi,  hoc 
ultimum  mihi  non  satis  notum  ex  auetoris  descriptione,  forsan  Neosciatherae 
mihi,  est  proximum. 

A.  Axillae  remotae,  sutura  axillo-scutellaris  hand  immersa,  dorsum  nitidum. 
a.  Funiculus  ?  5-articulatus      ....      Gen.  Chaetospila  Westw. 
aa.  Funiculus  ?  6-,   o  7-articulatus. 

b.    o  et  $  alati,  metanoti  sculptura  saepe  conspicua 

Gen.  Cerocephala  Westw.  (Sciatheras  Ratz.). 

•  Proc.  U.S.N.  Mua.  1913.  p.  314,  $. 

t  Philippine  J.  o/  Sc.  ix.  No.  5.  Se.  D.  1914.  p.  460,  ?. 


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Proalae  nervo  postmarginali  et  stigmatico  brevibus  ;  mari.s  flagellum 
articulis  hirtis       .....  Subgen.  Ceroceplmla,  n. 

Proalae  nervo  postmarginali  fere  nullo.  tenui  ;   niari.^  flagellum  articulis 
setis  longis  in  verticillum  dispositis,  clava  biarticulata  medio  eon- 
stricta  ......     Subgen.  Parasciatheras,  n. 

bb.   (J  et  5  apteri,  metanotum  sublaeve         .  Gen.  Theocolax  Westw. 

B.  Axillae  propinquae  vel  eoniunctae,  sutura  axillo-scutellaris  immersa,  scutellum 
triangulare. 
a.  Superficies  axillarum  et  scutelli  laevis,  pronotum  et  mesonotum  nitida, 
metanotum  fovea  pone  dorseUum  nulla,  praestigma  setosum 

Gen.  Sciatherodes,  n. 
aa.  Superficies   axillarum    oblique   sulcata,    scutelli    strigo.sa,    pronotum    et 
mesonotum    punctata,    metanotum    fovea    transversa    pone    dorseUum 
profunde  excavata,  praestigma  glabrum  (an  setis  deciduis  ?). 
b.  $  antennis  infra  medium  faciei,  in  linea  oculari  insertis,  scapo  ocellum 
non  superante,  funiculi  articulo  primo  quam  pedicello  fere  duplo  longiore, 
proalis  margine  apicali  fortiter  cur\^ato,  nervo  postmarginali  et  stigma- 
tico brevibus  subaequalibus    ....     Gen.  Neosciatheras,  n. 
bb.   a    antennis   paullum   supra   medium   faciei   insertis,   scapo   verticem 
superante,  pedicello  brevi,  funiculi  articulis  et  clava  valde  elongatis, 
subcylindraceis,   illis  medio   constrictis,   sensillis   longis,   hac   articulis 
tribus  subdiscretis  ;  alveoUs  in  sulco  axillo-scutellari  uniseriatis  ;  proalis 
apice    subtruncato-rotundato,    nervo    postmarginali    fere    nullo,    stig- 
matico elongato  clava  mutica  ;    pedibus  sat  longis,  gracilibus 

Gen.  Sciaiherellvs,  n. 


Gen.  Cerocephala  Westw. 

SuBGEN.  Parasciatheras,  n.  {vide  ante). 

5.3.  Cerocephala  (Parasciatheras)  caelebs,  sp.  n.  (figs.  45-48). 

Mas.  Piceo-rufus,  pronoto  ac  mesothoracis  dorso  aeneis,  nitidis,  capitis 
vertice  violaceo  ;  funiculi  articulis  apice  obscurioribus,  setis  basi  nigris,  clavae 
articulo  apicali  itemque  abdomine  nigris  ;  proalis  macula  dilute  brunnea  infra 
praestigma  aliaque  magna  pone  5/9  longitudinis  ornatis,  spatio  reliquo  hyaUno, 
pilis  fimbriae  griseis. 

Caput  antice  visum  aeque  longum  atcjue  latum,  superne  areuatum,  inferne 
obtusum,  genis  buccatis,  oculis  sat  magnis, 
baud  prominulis,  linea  oculari  superiore  fere 
1/5  longitudinis,  inferiore  5/7  a  vertice  re- 
mota,  facie  in  dimidio  inferiore  radiatim 
strigulosa.  Forma  capitis  superne  inspecti 
transverse  elliptica  longitudine  parum  latior, 
facie  et  occipite    fere    aeque    prominentibus,     ^'°-  45,-Ceroccptoto  iParasciathera.) 

OCeUis   in    angulum    rectum    dispositis.       Super-       i,  eaput  .ntte  vi»um;  S.ldemsupeme;  ix  30). 

ficies  in  dimidio  superiore  laevis,  nitida. 

Antennae  media  facie  insertae.  Scapus  ocellum  anteriorem  baud  superans  ; 
funiculus  articulis  1.-3.  satis  conspicue,  4.  et  5.  minus,  versus  ipsorum  apicem 


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latitudine  decrescentibus,  itaque  forma  obconica,  truncata,  setis  longis,  crassis, 
instructis  ;   elava  articulis  duobus  aequalibus  formata,  medio  constricta. 


Fio.  46. — Cerocephala  {Parasciatheras) 
caelebs,  J. 
Flagellam  (x  43). 


Fio.  47. — Cerocephala  (Parasciatheras) 
caeteba,  ,£. 

IToala  (X  30). 


1 


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^ 


Sulci  scapulares  foveoli?? impressi  rotundatis,  iini.scriati.';,  anticr.sum  gradatim 
maioribus.     Axillae  remotae  ;   earum  .superficies  et  seutelli  laeves.     Sulci  axillc- 

.scutellares  alveolorum  serie  unica  indicati,  alveolis 
versus  seutelli  basim  gradatim  minoribus.  Meta- 
notum  superficie  reticulato-alveolata. 

Proalae  apice  rotundatae.  pilis  fimbriae  ad  an- 
gulum  posticum  longioribus,  nerve  stigmatico  baud 
angustato  1/5  marginalis  aequante,  lateribus  paral- 
lelis,  elava  nulla,  dente  autem  sat  kmgo  ;  praestigma 
setarum  caespite  in.struetum. 

Petiolus  coxas  posticas  superans. 
Long.  1,7  mm. 
Fia.  4&.— Cerocephala  {Para-  Habitat.  Mahe  :    Cascade  Estate,  "from  forest 

sciatherae)  eaeUha,  $.  ^^    1,000-2,000  ft." 

1,  proalae  nervus  st^maticus;  c\ 

■2,  praestigma;  (x  80).  Specimen  unicum. 


Gen.  Neosciatheras,  n.  {vide  ajitt). 
54.  Neosciatheras  laticeps,  sp.  n.  (figs.  49,  5(>). 

Femina.  Piceo-rufa,  oculis  concoloribus,  abdoniine  brunneo-lntescente. 
Clava  flavo-ochracea  ;  scapus  subtus  atque  lateribus,  coxae  anticae  atque 
posticae,  tarsi  omnes  et  oviductus  in  dimidio  ba.^ali,  pallide  flavo-grisei,  oviductu.s 
dimidium  apicale  nigrum  ;  coxae  intermediae  totae,  anticae  macula  magna 
lateris  cxterioris,  posticae  apice,  nee  non  alarum  nervi,  brunnei  ;  proalae  prae- 
stigmate  nigro,  ultra  cellulam  basalem  flavido-grisescentes,  fascia  sub  praestig- 
mate  et  macula  juxta  nervum  stigmaticum  obscurioribus,  margine  apicali  pallido, 
pilis  fimbriae  albis  apice  nigris. 

Caput  thoracis  latitudinem  superans  proportione  7  :  5,  longitudine  sua 
paullum  latius  proportione  10:9;  anticc  visum  vcrtice  arcuato,  oculis  pro- 
minulis,  glabris,  linea  oculari  inferiore  1/3  capitis  longitudinis  ab  ere  remota, 
genis  inferne  curvatis,  peristomio  sat  lato,  antennis  paullum  supra  lineam  ocu- 
larem  et  infra  medium  faciei  insertis,  ab  oculis  aequo  spatio  quara  inter  se  remotis  ; 
.scrobibus  infra  tantum  determinatis  et  margine  externo  ad  1/3  scapi  longitudinis 
in  angulum  obtusum,  de  latere  inspectum  melius  ob.servandum,  elevato.  Faciei 
pars  subantennalis  sulcis  duobus  notata  parallelis,  a  scrobibus  ad  os  extensis  ; 
spatio  interposito  angulatim  plicato.     Forma  capitis  de  latere  oblonga,  limite 


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191 


Fig.  49. — Neosciatkeras  laiicepSy  $^ 
1,  thorax  cum  capite,  abdomiDis  peticlo  et 
alarum  parte  basali  ( X  23);   2,  caput  antice 
visum  (X  21);  3,  pes  anticus  (X  27). 


anteriore   et   po-steriore   subrectis   atque  parallelis,   latitudine   4/7   longitudinis 

aequante  ;    vertice  cum  fronte  continuo,  superne  angustato  ;    oculis  ellipticis  ; 

orbita  margine  elevato  et  diametro  longitudinali  quam  transverse  sesquUongiore,. 

hoc  latitudinem    capitis   fere   totam    occupante. 

Vertex,    superne  inspectus,   lateribus  orbita  ob- 

liqua,  postice  occipite  concavo  terminatus  ;  hoc 

distincte  marginato  et   margine  in  parte   media 

ocellis  posterioribus  propinquo.     Ocelli  mediocres, 

in  declivio  anteriore  verticis  angulum  fere  rectum 

formantes,  externi  ab  oculis  aequo  spatio  quam 

inter  se  remoti.     Superficies  capitis  tota  scabrosa- 

punctata,  pubescentia  brevi,  alba,  satis  conferta. 
Antennae  lO-articulatae,  sine  annello,  funi- 

culo  6-articulato,  clavae  articulo  primo  vix,  ultimo 

minime,   discretis.     Scapi  leniter  curvati  et  con- 

vergentes,  usque  ad  ocellum  anteriorem  elongati. 

Flagellum    duplam    scapi    longitudinem     paullo 

superans,  fere  glabrum,  pilis  paucis  brevibus,  ad- 

pressis  ;  pedicellus  parvus,  latitudine  sua  baud  sesquilongior  ;   funiculi  articulus 

primus  elongatus  pedicello  duplo  longior,  baud  apice  latior.  in  dimidio  basali 

magis  attenuatus  ;    secundus   pedicelli   longitudinem  nonnihil    superans,  quam 

primus    brevior    proportione    3:5;    articuli    sequentes   gradatim    breviores  et 

crassiores,  idtimus  quadra- 
tus  ;  clava  cylindro-conica, 
duplam  praeclavae  longitu- 
dinem paullo  superans,  ar- 
ticulo basali  satis  discreto 
medium  eius  non  attingente. 
Prothorax  magnus,  de 
supra  inspectus  in  dimidio 
anteriore  conieo  et  sculptura 
minutissima  granulosa,  in 
posteriore  collare  formans 
lateribus  rectis,  parallelis, 
superficie  scabra,  in  longitu- 
dinem irregulariter  sulcata- 
rugosa.  Scutum  antrorsum 
declive,  latitudine  pauUum 
longius,  minute  punctatum  ; 
scapulae  (x  50)  oblique  ru- 
gosae.  Axillae  quam  sca- 
pulae multo  maiores,  in 
medio  dorso  conniventes  et 
scutellum  depellentes,  ab  hoc 
sulco  profunde  impresso 
soparatae,  superficie  per- 
spicue  rugoso-sulcata,  rugis  curvatis,  versus  apiccm  scutelli  convergentibus 
et  brevi  spatio  in  hnins  superficiem  productis.  Scutellum  triangulare  sub- 
aequilaterum,    in    longitudinem    curvatum,    limite    postico     parum    convexo„ 


Fig.' 60. — Neoaciatheras  laticepa,  $. 

1,  Ua-^'ellum  (x   55);  2,  scutellum  cum  asillis,  dor-jello  et  raetanoto  (x  45); 

3.  proalae  pars  stigmatica  (x  80);  4,  proala  (x  40). 


192  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

superficie  baud  laevi.  Postscutellum  lineare  arcuatum,  dorsello  indistincto. 
Metanotum  carina  destitutum,  modice  vitro  auctum  snperficic  .scabra,  satis 
magnificatum  superficie  reticulato-alveolata  ;  pone  dorselkmi  fovea  transversa 
semielliptica,  sat  profunda,  excavatum  :  spiraculis  subrotundis  a  postscutello 
remoti>.  Mesothoracis  latera  vix  perspicue  sulcato-rcticulata,  mesosterno  fovea 
rotunda  impresso,  episterno  et  epimero  discretis,  antice  a  mesosterno  serie 
fovearum  separatis. 

Proalae  abdominis  apiceni  attingentes,  baud  latae,  post  nervum  stigmatieum, 
id  est  ad  4/5  longitudinis,  margine  elliptico  aequabter  fimbriato  terminatae  ;  cellula 
costali  lineari,  longitudinem  nervi  marginalis  cum  postmarginali  aequante, 
ceUula  basali  extus  valde  oblique  terminata,  superficie  reliqua  sparsim  punctata, 
pilis  destituta.  excejjtis  paucis  (4-5)  prope  nervnmi  stigmatieum.  buius  longitu- 
dinem superantibus.  Postcosta,  item  atque  nervus  marginalis  .setis  quinque 
instructa,  portdone  ascendente  in  speeiminibus  quae  observavi  glabra  (setis 
deciduis  ?)  et  crassiore.  Ner\'us  stigniaticus  brevis,  1/S  marginalis  aequans,  in 
dimidio  basali  attenuatus.  clava  baud  determinata  sed  dente  sat  longo  munita. 
Nervus  postmarginalis  stigmatico  paullum  brevior.  Alae  metatboracis  longae, 
latae,  apicem  abdominis  fere  attingentes,  margine  postico  et  apicali  sicut  in  alis 
anterioribus  longe  piloso. 

Pedes  normales,  nee  breves  nee  crassi.  Coxae  anticae  in  dimidio  apicali 
lateris  exterioris  carina  valde  prominente  instructae.  Coxae  intermediae  quam 
anticae  latiores,  abdominis  petiolo  aequUongae  et  quam  posticae  dimidio  breviores, 
haec  pyriformes,  anticis  magis  quam  sesquilongiores  et  conspicue  crassiores. 
'Tibiae  posticae  confertim  rigido-setosae. 

Petiolus  cylindricus,  sulculatus,  postice  oblique  terminatus,  superne  inspectus 
linea  media  dorsali  quam  lateralibus  sesquilongiore,  metanoto  fere  aequilonga  ; 
latitudine  longitudinem  lateris  fere  aequante. 

Abdomen,  absque  oviductu,  thoraci  aequilongum.  nee  amplius,  fusiforme, 
duplo  longius  quam  latius,  superficie  lacvi,  nitida  ;  de  latere  visum  ventre  magis 
convexo  ;  .segmento  basali  medio  dorso  baud  ineiso  dimidiamque  abdominis 
longitudinem  attingente  ;  secundo  triplo  breviore,  reliquis  boc  etiam  brevioribus, 
subaequalibus.     Oviductus  1/3  abdominis  aequans. 

Long.  2,5  mm. 

Habitat.  Silbouette  :   Mare  aux  Cochons. 

Specimina  duo. 


Gen.  Sciatherellus,  n.   {vide  ante). 
55.  Sciatherellus  orycinus,  sp.  n.  (figs.  51,  52). 

Mas.  Fulvo-fcrrugineus,  oculis  brunneis,  funiculi  articulis  in  dimidio  apicali 
nigris,  coxis  abdoniinisque  petiolo  pallidioribus,  abdomine  pro  parte  infuscato, 
proalis  nervis  griseo-fuscis,  ante  nervum  marginalem  fere  hyalinis,  reliquo  spatio 
flavescenti-griseis,  sub  praestigmate  umbratis,  sub  stigmate  macula  magna 
transversa  pallide  eastanea  ornatis,  margine  apicali  infuscato  pilisque  fimbriae 
totis  griseis. 

Caput  antice  visum  paullum  longitudine  latius,  propertione  100  :  87,  oculis 
sat  magnis,  dimidiam  capitis  longitudinem  superantibus  fproportione  5  :  9),  linea 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV,     1017. 


193 


Fig.  51. — SciathereUus  orycinus,  ^. 

1,  caput  auticu  visum  cnm  antenna  (x  21);  2,  funiculi 
articulus  tertiiis  (x  58). 


oculari  inferiore  post  3/4  longitudinis  sita,  facie  mucronibu.'i  et  carinis  nullis.  in 

dimidio  inferiore  oblique  strigosa. 

Antennae  nonnihil  supra  mediam  longitudinem  capitis  alte  insertae,  scapo 

verticem  valde  superante  et  orbitis  aequilongo  ;   flagello  longissimo,  quam  capite 

fere  quintuple,  quam  thorace  et  abdomine  simul  sumptis  fere  sesquilongiore  ; 

pedicello  parvo  globose  ;  articulis  scpteni 

funiculi    valde  elongatis,    subaequalibus, 

quam  scapo  vix  crassioribus,  non  longiori- 

bus.     Sensilli  articulis  dimidio  breviores, 

fere   ubicumque  ordine  duplice  dispositi, 

ita   ut  articulorum    numerus    duplicatus 

apparet.       Clava     articulo     praecedente 

longior   proportione    4  :  3,    indistincte  in 

articulos  divisa,  sensillis  omnibus  acqui- 

longis  et  ordine  triplicate  dispositis. 

Prethorax  de  supra  inspectus  lateribus  in  dimidio  pesteriore  parallelis  ; 

scuto  ante  scapulas  prominente  convexo-marginato  ;  scutello  triangulari  a  scuto 

nonnihil  remote,  axillis  magnis  in  medio  dorse  conniventibus,  longitudinaliter 

strigosis,   a  scutello  alveolorum   serie  late  separatis  ;    axillarum   strigis  super 

scutellum  brevi  spatio  productis.     Metanotum  grosse,  sed  baud  profunde  alveo- 

latum,  alveolorum  fundo  inaequali,  fovea  pone  dorsellum  nulla. 

Proalae  abdomen  superantes,  versus  apicem  conspicue  dilatatae,  hoc  sub- 

truncato-rotundato,   pilis    fimbriae  frequentioribus,   sat    lengis,   omnibus    fere 

aequalibus  ;    praestigmate  in   specimine   baud   setose  ;    nerve   marginali   pilis 

numerosis  instructe ;  pest- 
marginali  fere  nulle  ;  stig- 
matico  longo,  1/4  margina- 
lis  aequante,  marginibus 
subparallelis,  clava  baud 
determinata  denteque 
nullo  ;  superficie  glabra, 
exceptis  pilis  quibusdam 
prope  nervum  stigmati- 
cum,  quam  hoc  paullum 
brevioribus. 

Pedes  graciliores,  sat 
longi.        Coxae      posticae 

parum    dilatatae,    diametrum   coxanmi    primi   paris   vix    superantes  :    hae    in 

latere  exteriore  baud  carinatae,  quam  intermediae  fere  sesquilongieres,  quam 

posticae  parum  breviores. 

Petiolus  metathoracis  apici  conico  alte  supra  coxas   pesticas  adfixus,   his 

lengior  proportione  5  :  3,  thorace  paullum  magis  quam  dimidio  brevier  ;  de  latere 

visus  leniter  curvatus  ;    superficie  strigosa. 

Abdomen   segmentis  post   secundum   retractis,   longitudine   petiolum   fere 

aequans,  segmento  basali  magne,  secunde  1/4  huius  non  superante. 
Long.  1,8  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :   Cascade  Estate. 
Specimen  unicum. 


Fig.  52.  —Sciatkeretlus  orycinus,  ^. 

I'roala  (X  -15). 


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\OVITATES    ZOOLOCICAE    XXIV.     1917. 


Gen.   Spalangia  Latreillc. 

5G.  Spalangia  Jallax,  .■^p.  n.  (fig.  53). 

Femina.  Nigra,  alis  flavo-gri.seis,  harum  ncrvi.s,  tarsis  praetor  apiccni,  intcr- 
dum  tibia  media,  brunneo-luteis,  tibia  postica  cxtreniitatibus  ct  trochanteribus 
omnibus  minus  obscuris. 

Caput  magnum,  antice  visum  parum  latitudinc  longius  proportione  7  :  C, 
thoracis  longitudinis  5/8  aequans  ;  vertice  altc  elevate  ;  oculis  baud  prominulis, 
orbita  antice  sinuosa  ;  linca  oculari  superiore  in  2/9,  inferiore  in  1/3  longitudinis 
sita  ;  genis  mox  infra  oculos  leniter  tumescentibus,  reliquo  spatio  baud  curvatis, 
quam  orbita  pauUum  brevioribus  ;  areolis  insertionis  antennalis  forma  trian- 
gulari,  angulis  rotundatis,  his  externis  spatio  remotis  dimidiam  capitis  lati- 
tudinem  aequante  ;  area  ocellari  suico  limitata  ;  facie  sulco  divisa  longitudinali 
profunda  impresso,  acute  marginato,  ex  area  ocellari  ad  lineam  ocularem  inferi- 
orem  extenso  et  strigis  nonnullis  transversis  interrupto  ;  scrobibus  latis,  baud 
profunde  excavatis,  inccrte  liniitatis ;  spatio  his  interposito  subconvexo. 
Superficies  pilis  hirta   baud   numerosis,   nee   ordine  manifesto  dispo.sitis,  fere 

ubicumque  laevis,  poKta,  ex- 
ceptis  genis  spatioque  inter  an- 
tennarum  radiculas,  quae  sunt 
grosse,  profunde  et  confertim 
punctata. 

Antennae  thoraci  fere 
aequilongae,  flagello  longitudi- 
nem  capitis  superante.  Scapus 
dimidium  flagelli  aequans  ;  pe- 
dicellus  2/5  scapi  attingens ; 
funiculi  articuli  transversi, 
primus  longitudine  sua  paullum 
latior,  sequentes  sensim  latiores, 
item  atque  clava  pedunculo 
brevi,  angusto,  conjunct!,  ulti- 
mus  fere  duplo  latior  quam 
longior  ;  clava  solida,  subcylindrica,  apice  rotundata,  articulis  tribus  praece- 
dentibus  aequOonga. 

Collum  minute  at  conspicue  reticulatum  ;  pronotum  minute  reticulato- 
squamosum  foveolisque  rotundatis  sparsis  leniter  impressis.  quam  scutum  duplo 
longius  ;  hoc  margine  anteriore  modice  cui-vato,  dimidiam  scutelli  longitudinem 
parum  superans.  Alveoli  sulcos  scapulares  et  axillares  formantes,  baud  magni. 
Scutellum  politum,  sparsim  et  parce  setosum,  ad  angulos  exteriores  tantum 
foveis  piliferis  2-3  sat  magnis  impressum,  freno  nullo,  luiius  sutura  nee  sulco 
nee  foveis  indicata  ;  dorselluni  punctorum  serie  utrinque  impressa,  ex  medio 
margine  posteriore  ad  foveolam  sublateralem  oblique  desinente  ;  metanotum  in 
parte  dimidia  anteriore  area  instructum  triangulari  elongata,  utrinque  fovea 
conspicua  limitata,  his  foveis  fundo  punctatis,  postice  conflucntihus,  in  parte 
dimidia  posteriore  metanoti  serie  imparl  punctorum  non  usque  ad  petiolum 
continuatis.  Mesopleura  minute  reticulata,  areolis  rectangularibus  valde 
elongatis,  oblique  dispositis  :  modice  vitro  aucta  potius  oblique  ct  concinnc 
striata  apparens. 


FlO.  53. — Spalangia  fallax,  $. 
1,  antenna  (x  08);  2,  caput  antice  visum  (x  30);  3,  proala  (X  52); 
4,  eiusdera  nervus  stigmaticus  (X  150). 


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Proalae  latitudine  longiores  proportione  5:16,  nervo  marginali  4/5  cellulae 
costalis  aequante,  stigmatico  brevissimo  sub  angulo  fere  recto  egrediente,  super- 
ficie  jam  pone  cellulam  basalem  pilis  vestita,  pubescentia  brevi  at  conferta  ad 
1/3  nervi  marginalis  incipiente. 

Pedes  posteriores  trochanteris  articulo  secundo  supra  tumescente. 

Petiolus  2/3  metathoracis  longitudinis  aequans,  ex  basi  ad  apieem  aeque 
latus,  superficie  minute  granulosa,  nee  longitudinaliter  sulcata  neque  costulata. 

Abdomen  depressum,  latum,  quam  thorax,  absque  petiolo,  paullum  brevius, 
sesquilatius,  segmentis  minute  reticulato-sulcatis,  secundo  et  tertio  longi- 
tudine  aequalibus. 

Long.  1,3-1,5  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :   Cascade  Estate,  "  at  about  800  feet." 

Specimina  duo. 

Adn.  Species  haec  characteribus  nonnullis.  praecipue  antennis,  cum  eiiropaea 
Sp.  erytliromera  Forst.  convenit,  capitis  structura  cum  Sp.  hrasilieiwi  Ashm. ; 
affinis  etiam  videtur  Sp.  impunctae  How.  et  subpunctatae  Forst.  Petioli  scul- 
pturam,  quae  in  generis  sectionibus  instituendis  et  speciebus  distinguendis  valde 
utilis  mihi  videtur,  auctores  saepe  neglexerunt. 

Gen.  Eunotomyia,  n. 

Hoc  genus  ab  Amuscidea  Gir.  differt  annulo  antennali  nidlo,  funiculi  arti- 
culis  non  elongatis,  proalae  nervo  marginali  stigmaticum  aequante,  nee  duplo 
longiore,  postmarginaU  fere  obsolete,  segmento  primo  abdominis  1/3  huius  longi- 
tudinis superante.  Cum  Muscidea  eiusdem  auctoris  satis  convenit,  tamen  differt 
annulo  antennali  nullo.  Metanotum  in  specimine  seychellensi  examinare  non 
potui. 

57.  Eunotomyia  festiva,  sp.  n.  (figs.  54-56). 

Femina.  Capite  cum  scapo  brunneo-luteis,  oculis  obscure  testaceis,  flagello 
nigro,  occipitis  anguUs  inter  marginem  et  orbitas  viridi-maculatis,  genis  infra 
ocidum  area  fusca  notatis ;  thorace  obscure  viridi, 
lateribus  fere  totis,  coUaris  parte  postica,  axillis  et 
scutelli  freno  plus  minus  auratis,  hoc  obliquitate 
quadam  inspecto  purpureo  nitente ;  scutelli  limbo 
apicali  nee  non  metathoracis  alveolis  macuHsque  non- 
nulhs  ad  insertionem  setarum  dorsi  nigricantibus ; 
pedibus  cum  coxis,  tegulis,  alarum  nervis  et  proalarum 
disco  usque  ad  marginem  alae  posticum  brunneo-luteis, 
tibiis  tantum  obscurioribus  tarsisque,  praeter  apieem, 
pallidioribus  ;  abdomine  obscure  violaceo,  segmentis 
apicalibus  viridi-nitentibus,  pedunculo  cyanescenti- 
nigro. 

Caput  thoracis  longitudinem   latitudine   aequans,  ^^^   si.-Eunoiomyia 

antice   visum    triangulare,    transversum,    longitudine  ■  /estiva,  ?. 

latiuS     proportione    5:3,     Vertice     SUbreCtO,    5/9    totiuS        l,  caput  antice  visum ;  2,  supeme; 

latitudinis    extenso,   spatio  inter   orbitas    et    ocellos 

laterales  horum  distantiam  ab  ocello  anteriore  aequante,  spatio  inter  ocellos 
laterales  quam  dimidia  verticis  latitudine  vix  maiore  ;  oculis  hemisphaericis, 
glabris,  dimidiam  capitis  longitudinem  parum  diametro  superantibus  ;  antennis 


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NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917. 


Fig.  55. — Eunotomyia  feativa,  ?. 
Anteima  (x  65). 


ad  OS  insertis  ;  facie  fovea  ovali  baud  profunda  impressa,  in  medio  huiu.s  inter 
radiculas  antennarum  modice  elevata.  Vertex  fortiter  coniprcssus,  acute  mar- 
ginatus,  ultra  lineam  ocidarem  liaud  prominulus.  Caput  ex  latere  inspcctum 
subtriangulare,   in   longitudinem  fere  duplo    quam    in    latitudinem   extensuni. 

Superficies  subnitida.  minute  ac  subtiliter  reticulato- 
sulcata,  areolis  super  occiput  niinoribus  ;  facies 
pilis  brevibus  sparsis  ornata. 

Scapus    ocellum     anteriorem     non    attingens, 

subfusiformis,     magis    latere    anteriore    curvatus  ; 

flagellum  quam  scapus  sesquilongius,  pedicello  lati- 

tudine    sua    longiore,    proportione    5 :  2,    articulis 

quinque  funiculi  bene  discretis  piliscpie   sat  longis 

instructis,  primo  quam  ceteris  parum  minore,  lati- 

tudine    pedicello  aequali  paullumcpie  latiore  quam 

•  longiore,  reliquis  gradatim  latioribus,  ultimo  duplo  latiore  quam  longiore  ;  clava 

ovata,    articulis   tribus  praecedentibus   aequilonga    et    latitudinem    praeclavae 

superante,  articulorum  vestigio  fere  nullo. 

Thorax  latitudine  maxima  3/4  capitis  aequans  ;  collari  lato.  antice  incerte 
limitato,  margine  postico  modice  curvato  ;  mesonoti  parte  praeaxillari  trans- 
versa, quam  collari  duplo  tantum  longiore  et  longitudine  sua  triplo  latiore  ; 
scuto  antice  proportione  5/3  latiore  quam  longiore,  basi  longitudini  aequOonga  ; 
scutello  metathoracem  non  obtegente,  aeque  longo  atque  lato,  quam  scuto  fere 
duplo  longiore,  freno  distincto,  limbo  posteriore  lunato,  alveolis  septem  sub- 
quadratis  impresso.  Dorsum  setis  nonnullis  perlongis  instructum,  sculptura 
reticulato-sulcata,  axillis  tantum  laevibus,  nitidis,  scutello  extremo  apice  laevi, 
dorsulo  atque  freno  fere  toto  areolis  elongatis  baud  magnitudine  nee  forma 
differentibus,  insculptis.  Metanotum 
breve,  serie  transversa  alveolorum 
rectangularium  circa  decern  instruc- 
tum. Callus  pilis  longis  albis  orna- 
tus.  Metapleura  triangularis  sub- 
aequilatera,  item  atque  mesosternum 
et  mesopleura  laevis,  nitida. 

Proalae  apice  rotundatae,  sat 
longe  ciliatae,  superficie  ultra  lineam 
ex  basi  nervi  stigmatici  ad  medium 
lateris  posterioris  productam  setis 
baud  confertis  vestita,  reliquo  spatio 
fere  glabra  ;  nervis  longe  setosis, 
humerali  ad  juncturam  cum  basali, 
ubi  cellula  costalis  latissinia,  fortiter 
angulatim  plicato  ;  marginali  hand 
tenui,  ad  mediam  alae  longitudinem 
incipiente  ;  stigmatico  huic  aequilongo,  versus  apicem  sensim  latiore  et  clava 
indistincta  terminato  ;  postmarginali  fere  nullo.  Alae  metathoracis  item  atque 
anteriores  longe  ciliatae,  margine  postico  pauUum  ante  medium  fortiter 
arcuato-plicato. 

Pedes  postici  coxis  pyrifomiibus,  tibiis  magis  setosis,  calcari  medium  meta- 
tarsi fere  attingente. 


Fio.  56. — Eunotomyia  fealiva,  $. 
Alae  (X  15). 


XOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  197 

Abdomen  thorace  paullum  longius,  haud  latius,  breviter  pedunculatum, 
ovatum,  subdepressum,  lateribus  parum  curvatis ;  pedunculo  fere  aeque 
longo  atque  lato,  supra  planiusculo,  marginato  ac  ruguloso ;  segmentis  apicem 
formantibus  brevissimis,  scgmento  basali  maximo,  2/3  abdominis  longitudinis 
aeqiiante,  de  supra  inspecto  fere  quadrato,  superficie  laevi,  nitida. 

Long.  1,5  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe. 

Gen.  Mesopeltis,  n. 

Species  cuius  descriptio  sequitur,  habitu  et  colore  Scutellistae  cyaneae  Motsch. 
similis,  sed  scutelJo  haud  elongato  ab  ea  facile  di.stinguenda,  media  est  inter  hoc 
genus  atque  Eunotvm  :  a  Megapelte  autem  differt  scutello  non  elongato  seg- 
mentoque  primo  abdominis  maximo.* 

58.  Mesopeltis  atrocyanea,  sp.  n.  (figs.  57-59). 

Femina.  Nigro-violascens,  antennis  fulvo-ochraceis,  oculis  et  pedibus 
brunneis,  tibiarum  apice,  tarsis,  praeter  apicem  nignim,  pallide  testaceis,  alarum 
nervis  griseo-fuscis,  alis  metathoracis  lenissime,  mesothoracis  fortius  infumatis, 
his  pone  cellulam  basalem  et  in  disco  obscurioribus. 

Caput  magnum,  crassum,  thorace  latius,  antice  visum  transversum  forma 
trapezoidali,  3/5  latitudinis  longitudine  aequans  ;  vertice  longitudini  aequilongo  ; 
ocellis  posterioribus  ab  oculis  spatio  eorum  diametro 
aequali  remotis  ;    oculis   glabris,   ad  dimidiam  faciei 
altitudinem  extensis  ;   genis  fere  totis  rectis  inferne 
tantum  curvatis  ;  oris  margine  piano.     Capitis  superne 
inspecti  forma  lunata.   limite  anteriore  semicirculari, 
posteriore  etiam   fortiter  curvato,   margine  occipitali 
peracuto  ;  forma  de  latere  subtriangularis,  latitudine 
sesquilongior,    oculis   ellipticis  diametro  longitudinali       pjo   st.— Mesopeltis  atro- 
quam    transverso    parum    breviore.      Superficies   sub  cyanea,  $. 

nitida,   sulcis  tenuissimis  minute   reticulata.      Facies       caput  antice  Ttemn^ cum  antenna 
modice  convexa,  antennis  ad  os  insertis,  scapis  fere 

contiguis  in  fovea  longitudinali  leniter  impressa  receptis.  non  ultra  dimidiam 
oculorum  altitudinem  extensis. 

Flagellum  scapo  fere  aeqiiilongum  ;  articuli  tres  primi  funiculi  simul  sumpti 
quam  pedicellum  parum  longiores,  dimidium  funiculi  formantes,  primus  et 
secundus  parvi,  vix  transversi,  articulus  quartus  et  quintus  magni,  haud 
multum  longitudine  latiores,  ultimus  latitudine  pedicelli  longitudinem  aequaVis  ; 
clava  ovata  quam  praeclava  parum  crassior  et  1/3  flagelli  longitudinis,  dimidiam 
funiculi,  attingens,  articulis  tribus  praecedentibus  aequilonga,  in  articulos  divisa 
suturLs  obliquis,  vix  conspicuis,  coniunctos,  quorum  primus  dimidium  totius 
longitudinis  occupans,  reliqui  duo  subaequales. 

Thorax  robustus,  fortiter  in  longitudinem  curvatus,  latitudine  maxima  3/5 
capitis   aequans.     Pronotum   de   supra   inspectum    brevissimum,    fere   lineare, 

*  Dum  haec  descriptio  impriinebatur,  Waterston  speciein  novani  illu.stravit,  nomine  Eunoto 
truncatipenni^  in  Africa  in  "Gold  Coast"  inventam,  quam  generi  meo  Mesopelti  adhuc  inedito 
pertinere  ipse  recognovit  (Bull.  Entomol.  Research,  London,  vol.  vii.  1917.  p.  2.52-257.  figs.  8,  9)  ; 
metanotum  Mesopeltis  atrocyaneae,  ex  cotypo  quem  ego  Museo  Britannico  misi,  in  dcscriptione  sua 
effinxit  (I.e.  fig.  96). 


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NOVITATES  Z0OI.OCIOAE  XXIV.    1917. 


fortiter  arcuatum.  Scutum  satis  longum,  antice  quam  postice  iDroportione  5  :  2 
latius,  basi  quam  longitudine  sesquibrevius.  Scutellum  postice  vix  productum, 
metanoti  dimidium  anterius  obtegen.?,  aeque  longum  atque  latum,  scuti  longi- 
tudinem  superan.s  proportione  4  :  3,  lateribus  brevibus,  rectis,  margines  parallelos 
formantibus,  freno  baud  discrete,  parte  tcrtia  postica  margine  fortiter  arcuato 
limitata  et  foveis  marginalibus  impressa  rotundatis,  sat  magnis.  fere  contiguis, 
omnibus  in  fundo  punctis  nitentibus  obsitis.  Metanotum  fere  duplo  quam 
scutellum  brevius,   foveis  insculptum   magnis,   baud   profundis,   fere   omnibus 

transverse  dupliee  ordine 
dispositis.  Sculptura  dorsi 
illi  capitis  similis,  areolis  in 
scapulis  minoribus,  in  axillis 
minimis,  in  zona  media  longi- 
tudinali  scutelli  sat  magnis 
at  valde  elongatis. 

Proalae  margine  apicali 
recto,  nervo  humerali  in  eius 
parte  ascendente  crassiore 
et  satis  curvato,  a  nervo 
marginali  hiatu  a  n  g  u  s  t  o 
separate  ;  costa  in  parte  dis- 
tali  item  atque  praestigmate 
arcuata  ;  nervo  marginali  1/6 
cellulae  costalis  aequante, 
stigmatico  tenui  huic  sub- 
aequilongo,  versus  clavam 
subreniformem  incerte  limi- 
tato ;  postmarginali  parum 
breviore,  truncato ;  his  nervis,  praeter  stigmaticum,  sctis  nonnullis  longis  in- 
structis,  marginali  autem  et  postmarginali  cum  cxtremitate  costac  setis  aliis 
minus  longis,  sat  frequentibus.  ornatis ;  cellula  costali  in  dimidio  proximali, 
cellula  basali  in  dimidio  posteriore  cum  spatio  usque  ad  marginem  posticum 
alae,  glabris,  area  speculari,  parte  anteriore  cellulae  basalis  et  zona  sub  nervo 
marginali  punctulatis.  Alae  metathoracis  baud  latae  nee  margine  postico 
fortiter  curvato,  setis  fimbriae  sat  longis,  cellula  costali  ad 
medium  nervi  marginalis  producta. 

Abdomen  latitudine  thoraci  subacqualc  paullumque 
longius,  basi  late  sessile,  hac  in  dorso  foveis  cxcavata 
magnitudine  et  forma  alveolis  metanoti  similibus.  Seg- 
mentum  primum  superne  inspectum  subquadratuni,  3/4 
totius  longitudinis  aequans,  jiolitum,  lateribus  antice  mar- 
ginatis,  ventre  pone  coxas  posticas  pube  albida  ornato  ; 
segmenta  reliqua  brevissima  apicem  breviter  conicum  for- 
mantia,  cuius  longitudinem  terebra  in  uno  specimine  pro- 
jecta  paullum  superat. 
Long.  1,5  mm. 

Mas  ditfert  antennis  longioribus,  crassis,  9-articulatis,  pedicello  latitudine 
et  longitudine  fere  aequalibus,  articulo  primo  funiculi  quam  pedicello  duplo 
latiore  et  latitudine  sua  fere  duplo  longiore,  articulis  tribus   luiic  sequcntibus 


Fig.  58. — Meaopdiia  atrocijanea,  $. 
1,  proala  (x  65) ;  2,  eiusdem  nervus  postmargiualis  et  stigmaticus  (x  167). 


Fio.  59. — Meaopeltia 

atrocyanea,  (J. 
Abdomen  atque  metanotum 
fum  scutelli  apice  (X  30). 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  199 

cylindricis,  gradatim  brevioribus,  ultimo  aeque  longo  atquc  lato,  tribus  apicalibus 
clavae  pertinentibus  ultimo  funiculi  subaequalibus. 

Habitat.  "  Silhouette  :  Mare  aus  Cochons,  and  from  long  grass  in  low 
cultivated  country. — Mahe  :  country  above  Port  Glaud. — Long  Island  (a  culti- 
vated islet  near  Mahe)." 

Specimina  tria  $?,  unum  S. 

SuBFAM.  ELASMINAE. 
Gen.  Elasmus  Westwood. 
59.  Elasmus  eximius,  sp.  n.  (fig.*.  60,  61). 
Femina.  Capite,  praeter  partem  infcriorem  flavo-gri.seam  pronoto,  mesonoti 
parte  praeaxillari  axillisque,   obscure  viridibus,   metallicis  ;   thoracis  lateribus 
nigro-b runnels,   praesterni  disco,   humeris  et  axillarum  puncto  prope  tegulas 
rufescentibus ;     metathorace    laete    viridi,    nitido  ;     dorsello    atque    scutello 
aurantiacis,  hoc  ba?i  et  macula  discoidali  ad  apicem  fere  nigris  ;  abdomine  usque 
ad  segmentum  quintum  luteo-aeruginoso.  basi  tantum  maculis  duabus  dorsalibus 
fuscis  notato,  in  eius  parte  apicali  nigro  ;    .scapo  et  pedicello  lutescenti-griseis, 
illo  in  latere  supero  obscuriore,  hoc  fusco-maculato  ;   funiculo  et  clava  brunneo- 
luteis  ;  pedibus  flavo-griseis,  tarsis  obscu- 
rioribus,  coxis  mediis  ac  posticis  dimidio 
ba.sali,  femoribus  posticis  etiam  apice  et 
lateribus     versus     apicem,    nigris  ;     alis 
griseiS,  j.jQ_  QO.— Elasmus  eximius,  $. 

Vertex    foveolis  insculptus   rotundis  FiageUum  (x  65). 

fere    contiguis,  diametro  dimidium   ocel- 

lorum  non  superantibus  ;  fades,  praeter  partem  oralem,  foveolis  fere  ubicum- 
que  spatio  remotis  diametro  eorum  aequali.  Funiculi  articuli  elongati,  primus 
pedicello  duplo  longior,  longitudine  sua  duplam  latitudinem  paullum  superans, 
tertius  primo  paullum  brevior  ;  clavae  articuhis  basalis  secundo  vix  longior, 
praeclava  nonnihil  brevior.  Sensilli  antennales  in  articulo  primo  funiculi 
transverse  triseriati,  in  articulo  tertio  et  duobus  primis  clavae  biseriati.  Tibiae 
posticae  calcari  maiore  1/4  metatarsi  non  superante,  spinarum  seriebus  lateris 
dorsalis  extus  rhombos  quatuor  semisque,  valde  elon- 
gatos,  formantibus. 
Long.  2,3  mm. 

Habitat.    Mahe :    "  cultivated   country   near  sea- 
FiG.  61. — Elasmus  level  at  Cascade." 

eximius,  ?.  Specimen  unicum. 

Tibiae  posticae  pars  apicaiiBCx  55).  y^^   Specimen  aUud,  ctiam  femineum,  a  praece- 

dente  difEerens  scutello  flavo,  at  eisdem  maculis  nigricantibus,  dorsello  fusco, 
flavo-limbato  ;  macula  humerali  punctiformi,   axillari  nulla. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :    "  marshy  coastal  plain  near  Anse  Royale." 
Adn.  Haec  species  ab  E.  insulari  Gir.  differre  videtur  macula  humcrorum 
non  albida,  abdomine  basi  baud  omnino  nigro,  post  segmentum  quintum  toto 
nigro,  nee  apice  tantum  zonaque  praeapicali  nigricantibus. 

60.  Elasmus  bellus,  sp.  n. 
Femina..  Praecedenti  simihs,  ditfert  scutello  parti  praeaxillari  dorsi  con- 
colore,  dorsello  in  dimidio  anteriore  nigro,  in  posteriore  albido,  femore  postico 


200  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXI\'.     1917. 

pone  medium  infuscato  at  apice  flavo-griseo ;  foveolis  faciei  minus  confertis 
spatioque  remotis  earum  diametrum  sesqui  vel  diiplo  superante  ;  spinis  in  latere 
dorsali  tibiae  posticae  series  tres  siniiosas,  nusquam  confluentes,  formantibus. 

Long.  2,2  mm. 

Habitat.  Silhouette. 

Specimen  unicum. 

01.  Elasmus,  sp.  (fig.  62). 

Femina.  Nigro-aenea,  interdum  cyanescens,  capite,  metathcracc  ct  ab- 
dominis basi  viridibus,  metallicis,  abdomine  reliquo  fere  nigro,  dorselli  margine 
flavo-griseo  ;  scapo  ac  pedicello  brunneo-luteis,  hoc  supra  fusco-maculato, 
funiculo  et  clava  concoloribus  vel  brunneis  ;  pedibus  griseo-fuscis,  genubus 
minus  obscuratis  ;   aUs  griseis. 

Foveolae  verticis  et  faciei  diametro  dimidium  ocellorum  aequantes,  spatio 

remotae  earum  diametrum  fere  ubicumque 
sesqui-superante.  Funiculi  articuli  subacquales, 
longitudine  sesquilongiores,  primus  quam  pedi- 
cellus  baud  multo  longior,  sensillis  in  serie  unica 
transverse  dispositis ;  clava  articulis  duobus 
primis  quam    praeclava    brevioribus,  medio  hac 

Fig.  62.— Elasmus,  sp.,  $.  ,      .  ....  j.    ^  r  >.•      i  i 

,    ^.,  latior,  sensilhs  per  totam  fere   articulorum  lon- 

Antcuixa  (x  60).  ^ 

gitudinem  extensis.  Tibiae  posticae  sat  robustae, 
calcari  maiore  1/3  metatar.^i  attingente,  latere  dorsali  confertim  spinuloso,  spinis 
longis  rhombos  extus  formantibus  tres  semisque,  longitudine  duplam  eorum 
latitudinem  non  superantes. 

Long.  2  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :  Fort  Victoria,  Cascade  Estate. — ^Anonyme  Island. — Sil- 
houette :   Mare  aux  Cochons. 

Specimina  duodccim. 

SuBFAM.  EULOPHINAE. 

Gen.  Elachertus  Spinola. 

02.  Elachertus,  sp. 

Mas.  Niger,  nitore  vario,  antennis  scapo  et  pedicello  flavi.s  vel  flavo-rufis, 
funiculo  griseo,  oculis  brunneis,  pedibus  praeter  coxas  posticas  flavis,  alarum 
nervis  pallidis,  abdominis  dorso  testaceo-maculato.  Caput  interdum  nigro- 
viride  ;  prothoracis  dorsum  et  mesothoracis  pars  praeaxillaris,  cum  scutelli 
zona  marginali,  aeneis,  nitore  aureo-purpureo  ;  scutelli  discus  purpureo-vio- 
lascens  ;  metathoracis  dorsum  medio  nigro-viride,  lateribus  nigrum  ;  abdominis 
segmenta,  oblique  inspecta,  nigro-viridia.     Pili  dorsi  pallide  grisei,  oculorum  albi. 

Caput  transversum,  longitudine  sesquilatius,  latitudine  thoracem  fere 
aequans  ;  vertice  acute  pone  ocellos  marginato,  his  in  angulum  fere  rectum 
dispositis,  posterioribus  spatio  duplo  quam  ab  oculis  inter  se  remotis  ;  oculis 
magnis,  sat  dense  pubescentibus  ;  genis  baud  buccatis ;  scrobe  profunda  ; 
superficie   conspicue   reticulato-sulcata,  foveis  non  marginatis  sparse  impressa. 

Antennae  funiculi  articulis  subaequalibus  pedicello  aequilongis,  compressis, 
clava  fortiter  medio  constricta. 

Prothorax  scuto  dimidio  brevior ;  sulci  scapulares  cum  iUis  scutelli  baud 


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continui.  ab  eis  axillis  medio  dorso  proximis  separati ;  .scutellum  scuto  aequi- 
longum,  latitudine  sua  sesquilonghi.s,  sulcis  impressuni  zonam  marginalem 
limitantibus  et  prope  eius  apicem  hand  coniunctis,  foveis  diiabus  rotundati.s 
in  parte  apicali  zonae  marginali.s,  inter  se  pauUum  remotis,  notatum.  Super- 
ficies scuti  atque  scapularum  grosse  reticuJato-siilcata  ;  areolae  .scutelli  antice 
dimidio  quam  in  scuto  angustiores,  sensim  postice  minores,  in  parte  tertia  apicali 
nullis  ;  axillae  fere  laeves.  Metanotum  medio  politum,  carina  elevata,  sulcata, 
quam  scutellum  sesquibreviore.     Mesothoracis  latera  et  metapleura  laevia. 

Proalae  nervis  stigmatico  et  postmarginali  longis,  hoc  incerte  limitato. 

Calcar  pedum  posticorum  maius  tibiae  apicis  latitudini  aequilongum,  calcar 
minus  multo  brevius. 

Abdomen  petiole  transverso  brevissimo,  thoraci  aequilongum,  vel  segmentis 
posticis  plus  minus  retractis. 

Long.  1-1,1  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :    Cascade  Estate. 

Specimina  duo. 

Adn.  Haec  species  nulli  ex  tribus  generis  sectionibus  quas  Thomson  instituit 
convenire  potest.  In  eius  characteribus  hoc  est  praecipuum  :  vertex  pone 
oculos  acute  marginatus,  alarum  speculum  nullum,  petiolus  transversus,  abdomen 
fere  sessile.  Elachertiis  hyphanteriae  Crawf.,  texana  species,  huic  quam  descripsi 
valde  affinis  videtur,  verum  scapulis  in  angulis  anterioribus  non  insculptis  et 
femoribus  posticis  nigris  differt. 

Gen.  Stenelachistus,  n. 

Hoc  novum  genus  in  subtribii  Elachertinorum,  inter  Elachertum  ( =  Elachi- 
stum)  atque  Stenomesium  ponere  licet,  eiusque  species  duae  nunc  cognitae  eodem 
sunt  colore  subluteo,  maculis  nigris,  qui  est  Stenomesio  rujescenti  Rossii,  aliisque 
huius  generis  speciebus.  Stenelachistiim  a  Stenomesio  thorace,  abdomine  anten- 
nisque,  omnibus  elongatis,  distinguas. 

Generis  Stenelachisti  haec  est  diagnosis  :  Corpore  elongate,  nitore  baud 
metallico ;  vertice  cum  occipite  continue ;  oculis  glabris ;  flagello  longe- 
articulato  ;  scutello  juxta  marginem  foveolis  lincaribus  uniseriatis  vel  etiam 
sulco  continue  impresso  ;  callo  parce  at  longe  piloso  ;  mesosterno  a  pectore 
sulco  longitudinali  discrete,  mesepisterne  pectori  contigue,  inter  mesosternum 
et  epimerum  disposito  ;  proalis  abdomen  superantibus,  cellula  costali  lineari, 
nei've  stigmatico  brevi,  postmarginali  longe  ;  postpetiolo  1/4  abdominis  formante. 
— Quibus  notis  haec  adjicere  licet  :  corpus  colore  lutescente,  nigro-maculatum  ; 
caput  thorace  latius  ;  genae  baud  sulcatae  ;  metanotum  carina  instructum  vel 
carinae  loco  pHois  incurvis,  propinquis,  spatium  angustum  limitantibus,  interdum 
etiam  nucha,  terminatum. 

Species  huius  generis  margine  occipitali,  scutello,  metanote,  nervi  marginalis 
et  articulerum  antennalium  longitudine,  inter  se  valde  differunt. 

Genus  Slenomesioidens  quod  Ashmead  instituit,  secundum  auctoris  tabulas 
analyticas  (deest  enim  descriptio)  a  Stenelachisto  bene  distinguendum  videtur, 
quum  sulcis  scutelli  careat  eiusque  clava  in  articules  tres  sit  divisa. 

63.  Stenelachistus  impressus,  sp.  n.  (figs.  63-65). 
Femina.  Lutea,  nigro-maculata,  a  lis  hyalinis,  nitore  pingui.     Vertice  inter- 
dum rufescente  ;  area  ocellari,  oculis  et  flagello  nigris  ;   pronoto  et  scuto  partim. 


202 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXTV.     1917. 


scutello  in   dimidio   posteriore,   dorsello   toto,   etiam   nigris ;    tarsorum   apicc, 
abdominis  macula  dorsali  post  medium  sita.  lateribus  ct  apice  fuscis. 

Caput  crassiusculum,  thoraco  latius  proportione  4  :  3,  antice  visum  trian- 
gulare,  longitudine  7/9  latitudinis  aequans  ;  vertice  leniter  arcuato  ;  oculis  sat 
prominulis,  glabris  ;  orbitis  paullum  infra  convergentibus  ;  linea  oculari  inferiore 
1/4  longitudinis  ab  ore  remota  ;  genis  vix  curvatis  ;  peristomio  angusto  ;  clypeo 
baud  discreto,  parte  media  eius  marginis  incisuris  duabus  limitata  ;  antennis 
paullum  supra  lineam  ocularem  infra  medium  faciei  insertis,  ab  oculis  aequo 
spatio  quam  inter  se  remotis.  Forma  capitis  de  latere  ovata  ;  diametrum 
transversum  5/7  longitudinalis  aequans  :  oculus  3/5  capitis  latitudinis  formans  ; 
diametrum  longitudinale  orbitae  quam  transversum  paulJum  longius.  Tempora 
pone  oculos  callo  instructa,  id  est  eminentia  quadam  oblonga,  baud  bene  limitata, 
quae  de  supra  melius  est  inspieienda.  Genae  sine  sulco,  teretes.  Caput  superne 
inspectum  duplo  latius  quam  longius,  diametro  longitudinali  quam  latitudine 
verticis  minima  sesquibreviore,  vertice  terete,  cum  occipite  superficiem  convexam, 
continuam,  formante  ;  pars  pone  oculos,  id  est  tertium  posticum  longitudinis, 
lateribus  valde  obliquis,  modice  curvatis  ;  linea  occipitalis  marginem  elevatum 
collo  adpressum  formans  ;  ocelli  in  triangulum  subaequilaterum  dispositi, 
posteriores  in  linea  oculis  tangentc  dispositi,  ab  his  aequo  spatio  quam  inter  se 
remoti.     Superficies  totius  capitis  laevis. 

Antennae  9-articulatae,  clava  2-art-iculata.  scapo  ocellum  superante,  sat 

longe  rigido-piloso,  pilis  tamen  in 
dorso  brevioribus,  at  magis  numero- 
sis  ;  flagello  elongate,  tenui,  quam 
scapo  triple  longiore,  quam  diametro 
transverse  capitis  fere  duplo  lon- 
giore ;  pedicello  1/3  scapi  longitu- 
dinis et  7/9  funiculi  art.iculorum 
funiculi  articulis  quatuor  triplo  longioribus 
clava  quam  articulo  praccedcnte  fere 


Fig.  63. — Stenelachistua  impresaus,  $. 
Flagellum  (x  -16). 


aequante,  annello  satis  distincto 

quam  latioribus,  breviter  pedunculatis 

sesquilongiore,  baud  crassiore,  articulo  basali  pedicello  aequilongo,  apicali  5/7 

huius  attingente. 

Thorax  baud  robustus,  duplo  longior  quam  latior,  prothorace  sat  longo, 
conico,  supra  quam  mesoscuto  sesquibreviore,  scapulis  sulcis  profundis  separatis, 
mesoscuto  antice  dimidiam  thoracis  latitudinem 
aequante,  aeque  longo  atque  lato  ;  axiUis  superne 
inspectis  scapulis  subaequalibus,  angulis  internis 
satis  remotis,  latere  anteriore  recto  in  lineam 
cum  scutello  disposito  ;  hoc  ultimo  latitudinem 
scuti  aequante,  longitudinem  paullum  superante, 
setis  quatuor  instructo,  lateribus  rectis,  limite 
postico  vix  arcuato,  superficie  foveis  impressa 
elongatis,  latis,  seriem  singulam  formantibus 
unicuique  lateri  parallelam,  his  seriebus  postice 
arcuatim  coniunctis  et  apiccm  scutelli  tangenti- 
bus  ;  dorsello  sat  magno  latitudine  quam  scutello 
sesquibreviore,  in  tota  parte  postica  profunde 
foveis  tribus  transversis,  contiguis,  excavate  ;  metathorace  quam  scutello 
paullum  breviore,  lateribus  curvatis,  parte  postica  angusta  in  nucham  parvam 


Fig.  64. — Slenelachistua 

impreasuSy  $. 

Thoracis  latus  ciun  coxis :  yr,  protliomx ; 

/>rs,    praestomuni:    7113,    mesosternum ;    ep, 

episteraum  ;  pc,  pectus  ;  (tti,  epimerum  ;   m/, 

metapleura;  1.  2.  3,  coxae;  (x  45). 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1017.  203 

semicylindricam.  fere  aeque  longam  atque  latani,  desinentc  ;  carinis  duabus 
metanoti  incurvis,  lineae  mediae  propinquis,  versus  banc  convexis,  spatium 
Hmitantibus  antiee  quam  scutelKmi  dimidio  angustius,  postice  minus  latum 
at  ad  medium  minimum  ;  spiraculis  rotundis  linea  clevata  pro  parte  circumdatis  ; 
callo  pilis  paucis,  circa  8,  valde  longis,  instructo.  Super- 
ficies dorsi  reticulato-sulcata,  metanoti  vero  fere  laevis  ; 
setae  nonnullae  longae,  praecipue  in  scapulis,  ordine  dis- 
positae.  Praesternum  triangulare,  altitudine  quam  eius 
basi  sesquilongiore ;  episternum  mesosterno  et  epimero 
interpositum,  cum  latere  superiore  pectoris  item  atque 
mesosternum  late  coniunctum  ;  hoc  forma  subquad- 
rangulari. 

Proalae  abdomen    superantes,   cellula   costali  baud 
glabra,   angusta,   latitudinem  nei-vi  marginalis  aequante       Fig-  GS.—Stenelachistua 
et  5/7  eius  longitudinis  attingente,  cellula  basali  glabra,  impressus,  ^. 

„    .  ,.  -,  .  Dorsum  cum  abdominis segmento 

superncie    reliqua    tere   tota    sat   dense   pilosa,    speculo  basaii  (x  so). 

nullo,  pilis  fimbriae  apicalis   in   parte   postica   marginis 

magis  elongatis  et  quam  dimidia  nervi  stigmatici  longitudine  brevioribus,  nervo 
marginali  quam  stigmatico  quadruplo  longiore,  hoc  clava  baud  lata,  apice 
acuta,  unco  tenui  instructa,  nervo  postmarginali  4/7  marginalis  attingente, 
duplam  stigmatici  longitudinem  superante.  Alae  metathoracis  angustae,  pilis 
marginis  posterioris  quam  earum  latitudine  maxima  dimidio  brevioribus. 

Pedes  elongati,  tarsorum  articulis  subaequalibus,  postici  unicalcarati,  calcari 
tenui  tibiae  apicis  latitudinem  aequante. 

Abdomen  longitudinem  thoracis  cum  capite  aequans,  thorace  baud  latius, 
elongate  ovatum,  apice  acvito.  Petiolus  vix  conspicuus,  deorsum  versus  ;  post- 
petiolus  mesonoto  subaequilongus  et  1/4  abdominis  occupans.  Superficies 
laevis,  nitida,  longe  at  parce  pilosa. 

Long.  1,8-2,3  mm. 

Habitat.  Silhouette :  "from  cultivated  country  near  coast  at  Pointe  Etienne." 
— ^Mahe  :    "  marshy  coastal  plain  near  Anse  Eoyale." 

Specimina  duo. 


64.  Stenelachistus  brevicomis,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Lutea,  nigro-macidata,  alls  fere  hyalinis,  nitore  pingui.  Flagellum 
fuscum  ;  verticis  area  ocellaris,  pronotum,  mesoscutum  in  dimidio  anteriore, 
scutellum  totum  cum  dorsello,  episternum,  epimerum,  mesopectus  pro  parte, 
abdominis  latera  et  apex,  nigra. 

Caput  orassum,  superne  visum  fronte  et  occipite  excavatis,  diametro  longi- 
tudinali  1/4  transversi  baud  superante,  parte  pone  oculos  breviore,  occipite 
baud  linea  saliente  marginato,  occllis  angulum  fere  rectum  formantibus,  po- 
sterioribus  ante  lineam  dispositis  orbitis  postice  tangentem  ;  oculis  de  latere 
inspectis  magnis,  subrotundis.  Flagellum  minus  attenuatum,  latitudinem 
capitis  vix  superans,  funiculi  articulis  aequalibus,  latitudine  duplo  longioribus, 
clava  quam  artieulo  praecedente  fere  sesquilongiore. 

Thorax  latitudine  3/4  capitis  aequans.  Mesoscutum  in  linea  media  postice 
impressum  sed  baud  sulcatum.  Axillae  minus  remotae,  ita  ut  scutellum  1/3 
scuti  suturae  latere  anteriore  occupat ;  scutelli  latus  posterius  fortiter  curvatum. 


204  XOVITATES    ZOOLOCICAE    XXIV.    1917. 

superficies  sulco  iuipressa  iitroque  lateri  parallelo,  postice  curvato  at  marginem 
posteriorem  scutelli  non  attingente.  Dorsellum  magnum,  forma  lunata,  postice 
integrum  ac  metathoraci  contiguum.  Metanotum  carina  instructum  quam 
dorsellum  sesquibreviore,  lineis  duabu.s  elevatis  et  contiguis  formata.  Nucha 
nulla.  Superficies  dorsi  praetcr  metanotum  reticulato-sulcata.  Proalae  cellula 
costali  quam  nervo  marginal)  vix  breviore,  hoc  duplam  stigmatici  iongitudinem 
pauUum  superante,  proportione  9  :  4,  quam  nervo  postmarginali  sesquilongiore. 

Abdomen  petiolo  brevi  at  distincto,  longitudinc  thoracem  cum  capite  haud 
superans,  latitudincm  thoracis  fere  aequans. 

Long.  1,6  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :    "  Mare  aux  Cochons  district,  1,000-2,000  ft." 

Specimen  unicum. 

Gen.  Euplectrus  West  wood. 
65.  Euplectras  bicolor  (Swed.)  Hal. 

Pteronialus  bicolor  Swederus,  Svensk.  Vet.-Akad.  nya  Handl.  xvi.  1795.  p.  204. 
Euplectrus  bicolor  Haliday,  Trans.  Enlom.  Soc.  London,  iii.  pi.  4,  1843.  p.  297. 
Euplectrus  bicolor  Thomson,  Hi/men.  Scandin.  v.  1878.  p.  187. 
Euplectrus  bicolor  Maai,  Boll.  Labor.  Zool.  gen.  e  agr.,  Portici,  iii.  1908.  p.  124.  F.  27-29. 

Specimina  :   septem  feminae,  sex  mares. 

Habitat.  Silhouette:  Mare  aux  Cochons. — Mahe:  Cascade  Estate,  "  country 
above  Port  Glaud,"  "high  forest  of  Morne  Blanc  and  Pilot." — Praslin,  Cotes 
d'Or  Estate. 

Species  etiam  in  Britannia,  Alemagna,  Suecia  et  Italia  reperta. 

Characterum  varietatem  quae  in  hac  Eiiplectri  specie  nee  non  in  aliis  eiusdem 
generis  occurrit,  auctores  non  satis  recognovisse  videntur.  Itaquc  species 
nonnullas  quas  iidem  auctores  descripserunt,  bicolori  plus  minus  similes  et  dorsi 
sculptura  eorum  judicio  distinguendas,  non  bene  esse  definitas  existimo.  Quum 
ego  specimina  plurima  Euplectri  bicoloris,  ex  Turingia  atque  Italia  meridionali 
provenientia,  examinaverim,  haec  de  cbaracteribus  obseivavi.  Variat  in  scutello 
reticuli  areolarum  amplitudo,  quum  illae  sint  quam  areolae  scuti  plus  minusve 
maiores,  interdum  etiam  forma  elongatae  atque  paene  lineares,  interdum  vero 
polygonae.  Sed  in  uno  ex  speciminibus  seychellensibus  areolas  dorsales  fere 
ubicumque  eadem  magnitudine  inveni.  Interdum  scuti  carina  huius  partem 
posteriorem  tantum  occupat,  nee  raro  omnino  est  obliterata.  Proalarum  cellula 
basalis  spatiumque  angustum,  quod  est  speculi  loco,  glabra  sunt  vel  pilis  nonnullis 
instructa.  Color  lutescens  cpo  plerumque  capitis  pars  inferior  est  praedita,  in 
speciminibus  cpiibusdam  frontem  fere  totam  occupat,  itemque  macula  eiusdem 
coloris  quae  abdominis  dorsum  ornat,  magnitudine  valde  variat.  Saepe  autem 
funiculus  et  clava  sunt  plus  minus  infuscati,  colore  hoc  versus  antennae  apicem 
sensim  obscuriore  ;  unum  ex  maribus  seychellensibus  flagello  fere  nigro  obseiTavi. 

Gen.  Sympiesis  Forster. 

66.  Sympiesis  laetus,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Capite,  cum  oculis,  brunneis  ;  scapo  aeruginoso,  flagello  nigro  ; 
thoracis  dorse  abdominisque  basi  laete  viridibus,  exceptis  scutello  atque  meta- 


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noto  cyanescentibus ;  thoracis  latciibus  cum  coxis  jjostcrioribiLs  iiigris ;  coxis 
anticis  et  reliquis  pedum  partibus  straminei.s,  tarsorum  apice  infuscato  ;  alarum 
nervis  pallide  brunneis  ;  abdomine  post  segmentum  basale  nigro-aeneo,  lateribus 
cyaneo-nitente. 

Caput  thorace  paullum  latius,  antice  visum  3/4  latitudinis  suae  longitudine 
aequans  ;  oculis  magnis,  prominulis,  glabris,  linea  oculari  inferiore  in  1/6  longi- 
tudinis  ab  ore  remota  ;  genis  brevibus,  convexis  ;  clypeo  baud  discreto  ;  peri- 
stomio  antice  marginato,  integro  ;  mandibulis  7-clentatis,  dentibus  post  secundum 
apicalem  minimis  ;  antennarum  insertionc  1/3  longitudinis  ab  ore  distante  ;  dc 
supra  inspectum  triplo  latius  quam  in  medio  longius,  verticis  latitudine  minima 
dimidium  formante,  ocellis  in  angulum  fere  rectum  dispositis,  anteriore  lineae 
posterioribus  tangenti  contiguo,  his  ab  oculis  et  anteriore  aeque  distantibus, 
inter  se  spatio  sesquilongiore  remotis.  Superficies  minute  reticulata,  infra 
lineam  ocularem  etiam  minus  conspicue  insculpta. 

Antennae  pedicello  latitudine  sesquilongiore,  annello  minimo,  funiculi 
articulis  duobus  primis  et  clava  quam  pedicello  duplo  longioribus,  quarto  sesqui- 
longiore, clavae  articulo  basali  dimidium  superante,  tertio  mucronem  apicalem 
formante. 

Prothorax  conicus,  collari  nuUo,  latitudine  scutum  antice  tantum  discretum 
aequans,  3/5  diametri  transversi  thoracis  baud  superans,  longitudine  quam 
scutum  dimidio  brevier.  Hoc  setis  ternis  in  quoque  latere  instructum  ;  scutellum 
sesquibrevius,  subquadratum,  4-setosum  setisque  anterioribus  angulo  interne 
axillarum  propinquis  ;  metanotum  scutelle  aequilongum,  carina  et  plicis  desti- 
tutum,  postice  hand  marginatum,  area  media  spiraculis  interposita  elevata. 
Epimerum  parvum,  trilaterum,  margins  anteriore  convexo,  reliquis  rectis.  Scul- 
ptura  prothoracis,  mesothoracis  dorsi,  metaneti  cum  metapleura  et  praesterni, 
reticulato-alveolata,  conspicua,  areelis  lineis  valde  elevatis,  crassis,  limitatis, 
forma  varia,  plerumque  quadrangulari  ;  areolae  super  axillas,  scutelli  partem 
mediam  et  metaneti  aream  inter  spiracula,  minores  ;  mesesternum  et  mesopleura 
reticulato-squamcsa,  episternum  sculptura  reticulata  parum  conspicua. 

Proalae  nerve  stigmatico  1/9  marginalis,  1/3  praestigmatis  et  nervi  post- 
marginalis  aequante,  cubite  ad  medium  arcuato  ibique  nervum  spurium  linea 
glabra  indicatum  emittente  ;  pilis  infra  nervum  marginalem  longioribus,  reversis, 
hand  seriatis. 

Tibiae  posticae  calcaribus  brevibus,  subaequalibus.  Tarsi  omnes  articulis 
fere  aequilengis. 

Abdomen  laminate-depressum,  thoraci  cum  capite  aequilongum,  nee  therace 
angustius,  elongate  ellipticum,  apice  acutum  ;  segmente  prime  convexo-mar- 
ginato  quam  secunde  duple  lengiore,  laevi,  nitide,  sequentibus  subaequalibus 
superficie  reticulate-squamesa,  in  seeundo  tamen  fere  obsoleta. 

Long.  3  mm. 

Habitat.  Praslin  :    Cotes  d'Or  Estate. 

Specimen  unicum. 

Ad7i.  A  S.  sericeicorni  Neesi,  specie  generis  typica,  differt  metatherace 
punctulate,  necpic  carina  neque  plicis  neque  cestula  marginali  postica  instructo  ; 
articulis  tarsalibus  subaecpiilongis  ;  abdominis  forma  elliptica  ;  denique  capitis 
pedumque  colore.  Sympiesis  grenarhnsis  How.,  cui  quoque  metanotum  est 
punctulatum,  huius  carina  praecipue  distinguitur. 


206  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917. 

Gen.  Crateulophus,  ii. 

Hoc  genus  in  Eulophinorum  subtribii,  prope  Sympiesidem  et  Dimmockiam 
ponere  licet,  sed  habitu  Micro  plectra  et  Comedoni  (  =  CrntotrecJio)  etiam  accet'it. 
Characteres  eiu.s  praecipui  hi  sunt :  antennae  lO-articulatae,  funiculo  4-articulato  ; 
mandibulae  dentibu.s  sex  instructae  (?  —  dentium  numero  4  certe  superante)  ; 
thorax  robustu.s,  dorso  aspectu  granuloso,  re  vera  minute  atque  dense  punctulato  ; 
scapulae  baud  discretae  ;  scutellum  sulcis  nullis  ;  metanotum  longius,  carinatum, 
manifestc  punctulatum  ;  alarum  nervatura  illae  Sympiesidis  similis  ;  abdomen 
distincte  petiolatum,  thoraci  aequilongum,  forma  ovata,  depressum  ;  denique 
maris  abdomen  spatuliforme,  antennaeque  ramis  tribus  longis  instructae. 

67.   Crateulophus  niger,  sp.  n.  (figs.  66,  67). 

Femina.  Nigra,  metanoto  aeneo,  abdomine  in  dimidio  anteriore  supra  et 
infra  late  ferrugineo-maculato,  oculis  castancis,  ocellis  obscure  rubris,  scapo 
fulvo  vel  flavo-albido,  flagello  fusco,  alis  lenitcr  infumatis  nervis  flavo-fuscis, 
pedibus  praeter  coxas  fulvis,  femoribus  anticis  plerumque  brunneis  vel  nigris, 
setis  dorsi  et  calli  fimbriae  albis. 

Caput  thoraci  aeque  latum,  antice  visum  latitudine  brevius  proportione 
9:  13,  forma  subtriangulari,  vertice  non  arcuato,  inter  ocellos  magis  elevato, 
oculis  magnis,  3/4  longitudinis  extensis,  glabris,  tamen  fortiter  vitro  auctis 
pilis  brevissimis  rarisque  instructis  ;  linea  oculari  inferiore  in  1/5  longitudini', 
antennarum  insertione  in  1/3  a  marginc  orali  remotis  ;  clypeo  angusto  transverse 
lineari,  nitido,  lab  rum  simulante,  interne  costula  subrecta  limitato.  Mandibulae 
6-dentatae.  Vertex  antice  declivis,  margine  postico  oculis  oeellisque  externis 
tangente,  inter  hos  acuto  ;  ocelli  fere  in  lineam  dispositi,  aequo  spatio  inter  se 
atque  ab  oculis  remoti.  Latitudo  capitis  de  latere  inspecti  5/7  longitudinis 
aequans,  oculorum  fere  eadem.  Genae  sulco  parum  conspicuo,  pone  hunc  fere 
obsolete  insculptae.  Facies  sculptura  minute  et  confertim  reticulata  ;  areolae 
lineis  parum  elevatis  limitatae,  infra  antennarum  insertiones  minores,  sub- 
transversae,  super  verticem  minus  conspicuae. 

Antennae  lO-articulatae,  annello  brevissimo,  funiculo  4-articulato,  elava 
articulo  apicaU  minimo.  Scapus  ocellum  anteriorem  fere  attingens,  flagellum 
capite  sesquilongius.  Articuli  funiculi  et  clava  compressi,  pilosuli,  aeque  lati, 
primus  valde  elongatus,  pedicello  sesquilongior,  latitudine  sua  quadruple  longior, 
secundus  atque  tertius  3/4  huius  aequantes,  quartus  paullum  brevior  et  pedicello 
aequilongus  ;  ultimi  item  atque  clava  distincte  pedunculati ;  haec  ovato-acuta, 
articulo  basali  medium  superante. 

Thorax  robustus,  sculptura  dorsi  reticulato-puncfata  quam  capitis  magis 
conspicua.  Prothorax  de  supra  inspectus  brevis.  longitudine  duplo  latior,  in 
utroque  latere  fortiter  sinuatus,  collari  nullo ;  mesonotum  prothorace  longius 
proportione  4  :  3,  setis  paucis  longis  instructum,  scapulis  hand  discretis  ;  scu- 
tellum snbquadratum  scuto  aequilongum,  4-setosum,  baud  sulcatum  ;  dorsellum 
magnum  ;  mctanoti  pars  media  longitudinem  scutelli  fere  aequans,  alte  elevata, 
carina  conspicua,  lateribus  rectis  fere  parallelis,  acute  marginatis,  plicas  spiraculis 
contiguas  simulantibus,  area  triangulari  in  angulis  anterioribus  depressa  et  leniter 
concava,  superficie  tota  sculptura  quam  in  dorso  magis  conspicua.  lineis  areolas 
limitantibus  nitidis  ;  spiracula  magna,  elliptica  ;  callus  longe  pilosus.  Mesc- 
thoracis  partes  laterales,  praeter  epimerum  et  zonam  marginalem  praesterni  ac 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     I'.l|7. 


i'07 


Fig.  66. — Crateulophua  niger,  J. 
Antenna  (x  25). 


mesosterni  nitida,  item  atquc  dorsum  iiisculptac  ;    praesternum  ct  metapleura 

magna,  mesosternum  latum  epicnemio  baud  discrete,  episternum  parvum  supra 

epimerum  dispositum. 

Proalae   nervo   marginali   et   postmarginali   longis,   stigmatico  brevissimo, 

posteosta   multisetosa,    nervo   spurio  pilosulo   post 

medium   cubiti  egrediente,   nervo  hoc  ad  medium 

obtusissime  angulatim  plicato,  pilis  marginis  apicalis 

brevibus,  superficie  usque   ad    2/5   longitudinis  fere 

glabra,   setis  nonnullis  longis  sub  nei-vo  marginali 

seriatim  dispositis  atque  reversis ;  cellula  costali  nervo 

marginali  aequilonga,  hoc  cum  postmarginali  ex  basi 

versus  apicem  sensim  attenuate,  nervo  stigmatico  1/6 

marginahs,  2/5  postmarginalis  aequante  (cfr.  fig.  67). 
Tibiae   posticae   calcaribus  duobus  instructae, 

altero  parvo,  altcro  brevissimo. 

Abdomen    ovatum,    fere    laminato-depressum, 

thoracis  longitudinem  atque   latitudinem   aequans, 

petiolo   distincto   sed   brevissimo,    transverse,   seg- 

mento  basali  quam  secundo  duplo  longiore,  convexo- 

marginato,  sequentibus  longitudine  subaequalibus, 

recte   marginatis,  post  segmentum  tertium  minute 

reticulato-sulcatis,  pares  at  longe  pilosis. 
Long.  1,8-2  mm. 
Mas  scapo  plerumque  ferrugineo,  alis  obscurioribus,  dorso  intcrdum  nigrc- 

aeneo,  macula  abdominis  minus  lata,  femore  postico  praeter  1/3  basalem  nigro, 

femore  antico  haud  infuscato  ;  antennis  scapo  versus  apicem  attenuate,  pedicello 

brevi  latitudine  sua  vix  longiore,  annello  fere  inconspicue,  funiculi  articuUs 

tribus  primis  ramum  emit- 
tentibus  medium  clavae 
attingentem  pilisque  ar- 
ticulis  aequilongis  orna- 
tum,  articulo  prime  quam 
secundo  et  tertio  breviere, 
quarto  tribus  praeceden- 
tibus  simul  sumptis  et 
clavae  subaequilengo  ; 
huius  articulis  tribus  quam 
ultimo  funiculi  haud  la- 
tioribus,  basali  longitudi- 
nem apicalium  superante, 
tertio  minus  discrete  ;  ab- 
domine  spatulate,  latitu- 
dine   maxima  in  margine 

segmcnti  quarti   3/4  thoracis  latitudinis  aequante,  segmento  basali  medium  fere 

attingente,  segmentis   reliquis  usque    ad    sextum    sensim    paullum    longieribus, 

superficie  laevibus.      Long.  1,7-2  mm. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  :  Mare  aux  Cochons,  Pointe  Etienne. — Mahe  :    Cascade 

Estate,  and  Pert  Victoria. — Felicite  Island. 
Specimina  11  $$,  5  cJ(j. 


Fig.  67. — Crateulophus  niger,  (J. 
Alae  (X  25). 


208  NOVITATES   ZOOLOGICAE  XXIV.    1917. 

Gen.  Hemiptarsenus  Westwood. 
68.  Hemiptarsenus  antennalis,  sp.  n. 

Femitm.  Viridis,  vel  grisescenti-viridis,  thorace  leniter  aurato,  abdominis 
apice  interdum  obscuro  ;  facie  infra  antennaruni  insertionem  violacea,  supra 
viridi ;  scapo  testaceo  vel  flavo-albido,  latere  superiore  infuscato,  flagello  nigro, 
elava  in  1/3  vel  1/2  apicali  alba  ;  pedibus  cum  coxis  anticis  flavo-albidis,  post 
articulum  primum  tarsorum  gradatim  versus  apicem  obscurioribus,  praetarso 
brunneo  ;    alis  leniter  fumatis,  nervis  et  abdominis  petiolo  flavo-griseis. 

Caput  tegumento  tenui  post  mortem  fortiter  plicato,  oculis  glabris,  super- 
ficie  minute  reticulato-granulosa.  Antennae  flagello  longissimo  thoraci  cum 
capite  aequilongo,  pedicello  brevi,  annello  parv'o,  articulis  funiculi  usc|ue  ad 
tertium  aecjualibus  et  latitudine  fere  quadruple,  quam  pedicello  fere  triple 
longioribus,  articulo  quarto  paullum  breviore  et  vix  latiore,  clava  huic  aequilonga. 

Thorax  latitudine  4/9  longitudinis  aequans.  Mesonotum  antice  valde 
convexo-prodiictum,  conspicue  reticulato-punctatum,  areobs  ante  scutellum 
plerumque  ellipticis,  in  scutello  angustioribus,  fere  linearibus  ;  frenum  lunatum 
et  dorsellum  magnum  laevia,  subnitida.  Metanotum  scutello  brevius,  area 
media  baud  lata,  sulcis  postice  convergentibus  limitata,  superficie  inter  sulcos 
fere  laevi,  carina  et  plicis  nuUis  ;  spiracula  parva,  rotunda,  in  sulco  sat  longe 
a  postscutello  locata.  Praesternum  magnum,  episternimi  in  margine  superiore 
profunde  excavatum,  metapleura  parva  elongate  triangularis. 

Proalae  cellula  costali  angustissima  fere  nervo  marginali  aequilonga,  neivo 
stigmatico  1/5  huius  aequante,  postmarginali  quam  stigmatico  baud  sesqui- 
longiore,  piUs  marginis  apicabs  longis. 

Pedes  graciles,  elongati,  tarsorum  articulis  sensim  brevioribus,  primo  1/3 
tibiae  aequante. 

Petiolus  crassus,  longitudine  paullum  latior. 

Abdomen  longitudinem  mesothoracis  cum  metanoto  aequans,  latitudinem 
superans,  postpetiolo  baud  brevi  1/3  longitudinis  attingente,  polito,  segmentis 
reliquis  aequilongis,  apicali  tantum  sat  conspicue  insculpto. 

Long.  1,4  mm. 

Habitat.  ;\Iahe  :   "  marsh}'  coastal  plains  of  Anse  aux  Pins  and  Anse  Eoyale." 

Specimina  tria. 


Gen.  Sympiesomorpha  Ashmead-  (?). 

Ashmeadi  Sympiesomor phae  characteres,  quos  auctor  in  eius  opere  "  Classi- 
fication of  Chalcid  Flies  "  indicavit,  ad  species  recognoscendas  non  satis  sufficere 
opinor.  Quum  vero  species  tres,  quas  sum  descripturus,  cum  generis  diagnosi 
atque  Syrnpiesomorphae  hrasiliensis  et  obscurae  descriptionibus  conferuntur,  notis 
duabus  praecipue  congruentes  videntur,  quum  Sympiesidibus  persimiles  sint  et  ab 
his  scapulis  plane  separatis  differant.  Eae  venim  a  speciebus  Ashmeadi,  saltim 
a  brasiliensi,  differunt  oculis  glabris,  eaque  quam  ornatam  appello,  metanoto 
etiam  differt  carina  destituto,  abdomineque  thoracis  longitudinem  non 
aequante.  Denique  species  seycheUenses  abdominis  macula  flava  non  sunt 
praeditae. 


NOTITATES    ZOOLOOICAE    XXIV.    1917.  209 

69.  Sympiesomorpha  omata,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Capite  brunneo,  leniter  purpureo-nitente  ;  oculis  gri.seo-rubris ; 
scapo,  pedicello  annelloque  obscure  luteis,  articuli.s  reliquis  flagelli  fuscis  ; 
thoracis  dorse  fere  toto  viridi-aureo,  setis  albis  instructo  ;  metanoto  cuprescente  ; 
scapulis,  scuto  antice,  atque  thoracis  lateribus,  cum  coxarum  posticarum  basi, 
nigris  ;  macula  prothoraeis  super  coxas  anticas,  coxis  intcrmedus  totis,  posticis 
inter  basim  et  apicem,  aurantiacis  ;  reliquis  pedum  partibus  flavis,  praetarsis 
tantum  leniter  infuscatis  ;  tegulis  etiam  flavis  ;  alarum  nervis  palUde  brunneis  ; 
abdomine  nigricante,  basi  viridi-cyanea,  linea  media  ventrali  flavida. 

Caput  thorace  latius  proportione  6  :  5,  antice  visum  7/9  latitudinis  suae 
longitudine  aequans,  oculis  magnis,  prominulis,  glabris,  linea  oculari  inferiors 
1/5  longitudinis  ab  ore  remota,  clypeo  baud  discrete,  peristomio  antice  niarginato, 
integro,  mandibulis  6-dentatis  (?)  dentibus  post  secundum  apicalem  parvis, 
antennis  mox  supra  lineam  ocularem  insertis  ;  de  supra  inspectum  triple  latius 
quam  in  medio  longius/vertice  .saltim  dimidium  capitis  latitudinis  occupants, 
area  elevata  ecellari  baud  deterniinata,  ocellis  posterioribus  ab  anteriore  et  oculis 
aequo  spatio,  inter  se  spatio  fere  duple,  remotis,  ocello  anteriore  lineae  aliis 
tangenti  prepinque,  eccipite  baud  marginato,  pilosulo.  Superficies  sculptura 
reticulato-sulcata  minuta  et  cenferta  at  parum  conspicua. 

Scapus  ocellum  vix  superans,  flagellum  duplam  capitis  longitudinem  fere 
attingens,  pedicello  brevi,  annello  parvo,  articulis  funiculi  et  clava  compressis, 
sensim  at  vix  conspicue  latioribus,  pilis  eorum  latitudinem  fere  aequantibus, 
baud  numerosis,  instructis  ;  articulis  duebus  primis  funiculi  duple  quam  pedi- 
cello et  quam  latitudine  sua  triple,  longioribus,  articulo  quarto  3/4  longitudinis 
primi  aequante,  clavae  articulo  basali  etiam  breviore,  dimidium  paullo  superants, 
reliquis  subaequalibus. 

Thorax  elengatus,  prethorace  magne,  eonico,  longitudine  in  medio  dorse 
quam  latitudine  maxima  mesethoracis  sesquibreviore  ;  scapulis  bene  discretis, 
scute  antice  convexo-marginato  ;  scutello  2/3  scuti  longitudinis  vix  attingente, 
aequo  longo  atque  late,  latitudine  maxima  post  2/3  eius  longitudinis  sita,  latsribus 
in  tertio  ultimo  curvatis,  setis  anterieribus  angule  postico  axUlarum  propinquis, 
sulcis  nullis  ;  dorsello  magne  duple  latiore  quam  lengiere  ;  metanoto  2/3 
scutelli  longitudinis  aequante,  carina  et  plicis  omnino  destitute.  Spiracula 
magna,  rotundata.  Epimerum  parvum,  triangulare,  antice  recte  marginatum. 
Superficies  dorsi  minute  reticulato-sulcata,  areelis  in  parte  anteriore  scuti  superque 
axUlas  minoribus,  super  scutellum  maioribus,  regularibus  ;  metanotum  minus 
svidenter  insculptum  ;   dorseDum  laeve. 

Proalae  subcestae  parte  ascendents  sensim  crassiore,  quam  nerve  stig- 
matico  duple  lengiere,  hoc  fere  1/8  nervi  marginalis  (2/15)  et  1/3  postmarginalis 
aequante  ;    fimbria  apicali  brevi. 

Calcar  mains  quam  tibiae  apicis  latitude  paullum  brevius. 

Abdomen  ellipticum,  longitudinem  mesethoracis  cum  metanoto  attingens, 
latitudinem  superans ;  petiole  parve,  transverse ;  segmento  prime  quam 
secunde  et  tertio  aequalibus  paullum  lengiere,  fere  tote  laevi,  sequentibus  reticu- 
lato-sulcatis  ;    segmento  apicali  quam  praecedente  multo  breviore. 

Long.  2,6  mm. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  :    Mare  aux  Cochens. 

Specimen  unicum. 

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210  NOVITATES    ZOOLOOICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

70.  Synipiesomorpha  pulchella,  sji.  n. 

Fetnina.  Capite  toto,  thorace  pro  parte,  aeruginosis,  pronoto,  inescscuto 
praeter  margines  laterales  et  marginem  anteriorem,  scutello  practer  anteriorem, 
nee  non  metathoracis  dorso,  aureo-viridibus  ;  axillis  extus  nigris,  interius 
aeruginosis  ;  mesosterno  cum  meso-  et  nietapleura  nigris  ;  abdomine  aeneo, 
basi  viridi ;  scapo  luteo,  flagello  nigro-brunneo ;  pedibus  fulvis,  coxis  auran- 
tiacis  ;  tegulis  flavis,  alarum  nervis  brunnco-griseis  ;  linea  oculari  inferiore  in 
l/6,,antennarum  insertione  in  1/3  capitis  longitudinis  sita  ;  metanoto  carina 
tenui  instructo  ;  abdomine  valde  elongate,  thoraccm  cum'  capite  conspicue 
superante,  quani  thorace  hand  latiore.     Long.  3  mm. 

Habitat.  .Silhouette  :    Mare  aux  Cochons. 

Specimen  unicum. 

71.  Sympiesomorpha  modesta,  sp.  n. 

Femiiui.  Viridis,  obscura,  capite  aeneo,  scapulis,  thoracis  latcribus 
abdomineque  subtus,  nigris  ;  antennarum  scapo  luteo,  flagello  brunneo-nigro  ; 
coxis  nigris,  anterioribus  apice  flavidis,  reliciuis  pedum  partibus  flavo-griseis  j 
tegulis  flavis,  alarum  nervis  brunneo-griseis  ;  linea  oculari  inferiore  in  1/6,  anten- 
narum insertione  in  1/3  capitis  longitudinis ;  metanoto  carina  conspicua ; 
abdomine  thoraci  cum  capite  aequilongo,  quam  thorace  baud  latiore.  Long, 
2,5  mm. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  :  "near  sea-level  in  cultivated  countrjr,  Pointe  Etienne." 

Specimen  unicum. 

Gen.  Allomphale  Silvestri. 

Bull.  Labor.  Zool.  gen.  e  agr.,  Portici,  ix.  1914.  y.  217. 

72.  Allomphale  aeraula,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Obscure  viridis,  subaurea,  capite  opaco,  scapo  ochraceo,  pedicello 
metallico,  funiculo  et  clava  fuscis  ;  thoracis  lateribus  pro  parte  coxisque  fere 
nigris  ;  tibiis  anticis  fuscis,  mediis  in  dimidio  apicali,  posticis  praeter  marginem 
exteriorem,  ochraceis  ;  tarsis  pallide  testaceis,  apice  nigricante  ;  alarum  nervis 
brunneo-griseis  ;  abdominis  dorso  post  segmentum  basale  interdum  cupresccnte  ; 
ocellis  magnis,  posterioribus  spatio  ab  anteriore  remotis  eorum  diametrum  vix 
superante  ;  mesepimero  itcmque  praesterno  conspicue  reticulato-squamosis ; 
metanoto  juxta  costam  transversam  dorsello  contiguam  alveolis  sat  determinatis, 
seriatis,  insculpto. 

Long.  2,5-3  mm. 

Mas.  Scapo  tibiisque  fuscis,  abdomine  post  segmentum  basale,  dimidium 
formans,  nigro.     Long.  1,5  mm. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  ;  Mare  aux  Cochons,  Pointe  Etienne. — Praslin,  Cotes 
d'Or  Estate. — Mahe,  Cascade  Estate. 

Specimina  5  5$,  2  SS. 

Adn.  Species  Allomphalae  mvasolat  Silv.  (I.e.),  unicae  huius  generis  hucus- 
que  inventae,  similis  et  affinis,  ab  ea  differens  colore,  sculptura  dorsi  minus 
minuta,  epimeri  sicut  praesterni  conspicua.  In  Allomphale  cavasolae  epimerum 
sculpturam  reticulato-sulcatam,  areolis  rliombicis  transveisis,  ostendit ;  ocelli 
posteriores  ab  anteriore  distant  spatio  quam  eorum  diametro  duplo  longiore  ; 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  211 

scapus  etiam  in  feminis  fuscus  est  ;  pedes,  praeter  tarsos,  sunt  obscure  cyanei 
vel  violacei.  Speciem  hanc,  cuius  cotypum  examinavi,  Silvestri  in  Colonia 
Erythraea  invenit. 

Gen.  Achrysocharis  C4irault. 
{  =  Closterocerus  Westwood,  partim). 

73.  Achrysocharis  cardigaster,  sp.  n.  (fig.  68). 

Femina.  Aurato-viridis.  nitida,  scapo  pedibusque  cum  coxis,  albis,  tarsorum 
apice  et  fiagello  fuscis,  alis  hyalinis,  nervis  griseo-luteis. 

Funiculus  articulis  aequalibus  quam  pedicello  parum  longioribus  ;  clava 
longitudinem  funiculi  cum  pedicello  fere  aequans.  Meta- 
thorax  area  media  triangulari  indistincte  partibus  ele- 
vatis  limitata,  vertice  antice  verso  parum  a  dorsello 
remoto  ;  spiracidis  parvis,  rotundis,  tubereulis  nulli.s. 
Nervus  stigmaticus,  cum  clava,  pyrifonnis,  dente  post 
medium  oblique  prominente  ;  nervus  postmarginalis 
quam  stigmaticus  baud  Jongior,  sensim  versus  apicem 
attenuatus.  Alae  metathoracis  pilis  marginis  posterioris 
1/4  earum  latitudinis  maximae  nonnihil  superantibus. 
Petiolus  brevis  at  distinctus.  Abdomen  cordiforme, 
subdepressum,  thorace  baud  longius,  paullum  latius,  p-jQ.  &%.— Achrysocharis 
valvula  ventrali  sat  prominula,  segmentis  post  primum  cardigaster,  ?. 

aequalibus,  hoc  quam  ceteris  duplo  longiore.  Abdomen  (x  45). 

Long.  1  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :  "  marshy  ground  near  sea-level  at  Cascade." — Silhouette  : 
Mare  aux  Cochons. 

Specimina  duo. 

Adn.  Species  Glosterocero  formoso  Westw.,  praeter  abdominis  formam, 
similis. 

Gex.  Coccophagus  Westwood. 

74.  Coccophagus  eleaphilus  Silvestri,  var.  n. 

Ooccophagus  eleaphilus  SilTestri,  Boll.  Labor.  Zool.  gen.  e  agr.,  Portici,  is.  1905.  p.  318.  fig.  64. 

Specimina  quinque  ??,  unum  cj. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :   Cascade  Estate. 

Adn.  Speciei  forma  typica,  quam  Silvestri  descripsit,  ab  ipso  in  Colonia 
Erythraea  apud  Nefasit  inventa,  ubi  Philippiae  chrysopfiylhe  larvarum  est 
parasita,  ab  exemplaribus  seychellensibus  pedum  colore  difi'ert.  Hunc  tamcn 
colorem  in  hac  specie  varium  recognovi.  Nam,  exceptis  coxis  mediis  atque 
posticis,  pedes  interdum  omnino  lutei  sunt  ;  hos  Silvestri  femoribus  omnibus 
et  tibiis  posticis  spatio  quodam  nigricantes  descripsit.  Coxae  anticae  interdum 
sunt  nigrae,  tiLiaeque  eiusdem  paris  in  latere  anteriore  brunneo-lutescentes. 
Femora  postica  in  uno  specimine  obscurata,  in  alio  nigra  sunt.  Scutellum 
interdum  omnino  est  luteum,  quo  colore  etiam  dorsellum  praeditum  esse  potest. 
Maris  vero  caput  pedesque  sunt  flavo-citrina.  Equidem  partium  obscurarum 
et  pallidarum  distributionem  in  C.  eleaphilo  variam  esse  opinor,  quod  in  aliis 
generis  speciebus  etiam  fieri  aliquoties  observavi. 


212  NOVITATES   ZOOLOGICAE   XXIV.    1917. 

Huius  varietatis  sensiUi  antennales,  scutelli  setarum  taxis  atque  longitude, 
nervi  stigmatici  forma,  alarum  fimbriae,  seta  prope  apicem  femoris  medii  inserta, 
articuli  tarsalis  primi  longitude  ;  cum  notis  quas  Silvestri  descriptione  vel  figura 
indicavit,  bene  conveniunt. 

Gen.  Tetrastichus  Haliday. 

Tetrasticho  noniini  eandem  significationem  nunc  attribuo,  quae  est  in 
Thomsoni  opere  de  "  Hymenopteris  Scandinaviae,"  quod  mihi  facere  licebit 
secundum  Silvestrii  exemplum  (Boll.  Labor.  Zool.  gen.  eagr.,  Portici)  atque  Water- 
stoni  (Bull.  Entomnl.  Re.search,  London,  vi.  1915)  qui  nuper  species  nonnullas 
descripserunt.  An  sint  Aprostocetiis  et  Geniocerus  valida  genera  vel  subgenera, 
sicut  Kurdjumow  opinatur  {Revue  Russe  d'Ento^n.  xiii.  1913)  nolo  hie  disserere. 
hoc  tantum  dicam,  ii,  meo  judicio,  naturali  specierum  consociationi  repugnare. 
Hie  error  etiam  in  opere  Thomsoni  occurrit,  quum  in  eadem  generis  sectione 
Aprostocctnm  aliasque  species  subcosta  plurisetosa  instructas  auctor  descripserit. 

Species  quatuordecim  quae  sunt  in  collectione  seychellensi,  hac  tabula 
analytica  possunt  dignosci. 

A.  C'apite  thoraceque  rufis.  abdomine  nigro-brunneo.     Parvus  (1  mm.) 

T.  aeruginosus,  sp.  n. 

B.  Corpora  nigro. 

=  Abdomine  quam  thorace  duplo  longiore.     Longitudine  2  mm. 

T.  inmictus  (Nees)  Thoms.  (?). 

=  Abdomine  longitudinem  thoracis  aequante  vel  paullo  longiore.     Statura 

parva. 

+  Proalae  setis  marginalibus  brevibus  .  .     T.  stictococci  Silv.  ( ? ) 

+  Alarum  setis  marginalibus  latitudinem  alae  posterioris  aequantibus. 

T.  longifimbriatus,  sp.  n. 

C.  Colore  corporis  alio. 

=  Abdomine  longo,  acuminate,  saepe  longitudinem  thoracis  cum  capite 
superante. 
+  Abdomine  longitudinem  thoracis  cum  capite  duplo  superante. 

T.  longiventris,  sp.  n. 
+  Abdomine  minus  elongate. 

X  Cerpore  viridi-auree,  nerve  marginali  pedibusque  sulphureis. 

T.  theionevrus,  sp.  n. 
X  Aliter  pictus,  abdominis  dimidio  basali  rufescente. 

*  Funiculi  articulo  prime  quam  secunde  manifesto  breviore. 

T.  dolichocerus,  sp.  n. 

*  Funiculi    articulo    prime    quam    secunde  et  tertio    plus    minus 

longiore. 

—  Preneti  longitudine  margini  postico  scuti  aequali. 

T.  distinguendus,  sp.  n. 

—  Prenote  breviore       ....  T.  agnatus,  sp.  n. 
=  Abdomine  theraci  subaequilengo,  baud  acuminate. 

+  Scute  lateribus  tantum  seteso.  medio  longitudinahter  sulcato. 

X  Cexis  posticis  fere'nigris,  nervo  humerali  seta  una  lenga  instructe. 

T.  nigricoxa,  sp.  n. 


NOVITATES   ZOOLOGICAE   XXIV.    1917.  213 

X  Coxis  posticis  in  latere  exteriore  pro  parte  viridibus.  Nervo  humerali 
seta  tantum  una  longa  antice  instructo.  T.  nigriceps,  sp.  n. 

X  Coxis  posticis  luteis.  Nervo  humerali  .setis  duabus  instructo,  mar- 
ginal! et  stigmatico  crassioribus  .  .  .  T.  dispar,  sp.  n. 
+  Scuto  setis  multis  sparsis  ornato,  sulco  longitudinal!  nullo  ;  coxis 
posticis  luteis. 

X  Thorace  supra  metallico-nitente,  scutello,  interdum  scuto,  pur- 
pureis,  setis  super  hoc  tenuibus         .  .       T.  metallijerus,  s^p.  n. 

X  Thorace  supra  plus  minus  obscure  virescente,  setis  super  scutum 
brevibus  nee  tenuibus   .  .  .  .     T.  hagenoivii  (Ratz.). 

75.  Tetrastichus  longiventris,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Aurato-viridis,  abdomine  fere  toto  nigricante,  terebrae  valvis 
nigris  ;  ocuhs  griseo-rubris  ;  antennis  brunneis,  pedicello  lutescente  ;  facie  infra 
lineam  ocularem,  tegulis,  coxis  anterioribus  ajDice  et  reliquis  pedum  partibus, 
pallida  flavis,  excepto  tamen  tarsorum  articulo  apicali  plus  minus  infuscato  ; 
alarum  nervis  griseis. 

Flagellum  thoraci  subaequilongum,  articulo  primo  funiculi  triple  longiore 
quam  latiore,  secundo  et  tertio  sensim  brevioribus,  latioribus,  tertio  autem  lati- 
tudine  sua  pauLlum  longiore  ;  clava  articulo  primo  funiculi  fere  aequilonga, 
quam  praeclava  paullum  latiore. 

Pronotum  minute,  at  evideiiter,  reticulatum.  Mesothoracis  dorsum  con- 
fertim,  minute,  in  longitudinem  striatum.  Scutum  haud  medio  sulcatum, 
postice  leniter  concavo-marginatum,  setis  prope  margines  laterales  ternis  in- 
structum.  Scutellum  scuto  fere  aequilongum,  extremitatibus  anterioribus 
sulci  submediani  cxternique  ab  extremitate  sulci  scapularis  aeque  remotis, 
spatio  mediano  quam  submedianis  sesquilatiore.  Metathorax  dorsello  magno, 
quam  scutello  triplo  tantum  brcviore,  carina  dimidiam  dorselli  longitudinem  vix 
aequante,  superficie  reticulata,  sulcis  lateralibus  fortiter  impressis,  parte  postica 
profunde  excavata.  Praesternum  minute  reticulatum  ;  mesosternum  sculptura 
parum  conspicua,  superne  areolis  reticuli  transversis  ;  episternum  fere  laeve  ; 
epimerum  magnum,  triangulare,  sutura  recta  cum  episterno  coniunctum,  angulo 
superiore  ad  altitudinem  metapleurae  desinente,  lineis  subtilibus  sat  grosse 
reticulatum.     Metapleura  parva,  basi  angusta. 

Proalae  apicem  tergiti  apicalis  attingentes,  duplo  longiores  quam  latiores, 
nervo  marginali  quam  cellula  costali  sesquilongiore,  quadruplam  stigmatici 
longitudinem  vix  superante  ;  postcosta  bisetosa,  seta  prima  nonnihil  radiculae 
propinqua  ;  speculo  non  ultra  praestigma  extenso  ;  pilis  fimbriae  in  dimidio 
inferiore  marginis  apicalis  quam  illis  superficiei  sesquilongioribus,  pilis  nervi 
marginalis  2/3  nervi  stigmatici  vel  dimidium  aequantibus.  Alae  metathoracis 
in  dimidio  apicali  latiusculae,  apice  acutae,  margine  posteriore  prope  apicem 
fortius  curvato,  pilis  marginis  anterioris  brevissimis,  posterioris  1/3  carum 
latitudinis  aequantibus. 

Pedes  tenues,  tarsorum  articulis  .subaequalibus. 

Abdomen  quam  thorax  cum  capite  duplo  longius,  compressum,  longe 
acuminatum,  terebrae  valvis  1/5  totius  longitudinis  formantibus. 

Long.  2,5  mm. 

Habitat.  Silhouette. 


214  NOVITATES    ZOOLOCItAE    XXIV.     1917. 

Specimen  unicuni. 

Adn.  Hanc  specicm  Aprostoceto  quadrimaculato  Forst.  proximam  esse 
opinor.  Eius  charactercs  praecipui  in  abdominis  colore  ac  forma,  tercbrae 
longitudine,  alae  metathoracis  fimbria  et  apice  acuto,  prcalanim  magnitiidinc, 
scutelli  sulco  nullo,  flagello  quam  thorace  paullum  breviore,  funiculi  articulis 
apicem  versus  sensim  curtantibus.  sunt  quaerendi. 

70.  Tetrasticlius  dolichocerus,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Capite  thoraceque  saturate  viridibus.  nitore  dorsi  subaurco  vel 
cyaneo  ;  oris  margine  pallido,  oculis  obscure  rubris,  funiculo  et  clava  brunneis, 
pediceUo  et  scape  dilute  brunneis,  hoc  ultimo  interdum  griseo-albido  ;  pedibus 
cum  coxis  anterioribus  coxisque  posticis  in  dimidio  apicali,  ligncis,  praetarso 
nigro  ;  alarum  nervis  griseis  ;  abdomine  basi  ventreque  fere  toto  aeruginosis, 
superficic  reliqua  obscure  viridi. 

Antennae  elongatae  ;  flagellum  tlioracis  longitudinem  superans  (prcportione 
5  :  4),  pediceUo  brevi,  articulo  primo  funiculi  quam  hoc  paullum  longiore,  quam 
secundo  et  tertio  fere  dimidio  vel  sesquibreviore  ;  clava  cjuam  articulo  praece- 
dente  sesquilongiore,  articulo  basali  dimidium  eius  attingente. 

Pronotum  breve,  longitudine  dimidium  marginis  posterioris  scuti  baud 
superans,  superficie  reticulata.  Scutum  medio  sulcatum,  interdum  sulco  linea 
obscura,  laevi,  tantum  indicato,  prope  margines  laterales  setis  binis  instructum, 
superficie,  item  atque  scutelU,  confertim  et  minute  in  longitudinem  striata. 
Alae  metathoracis  versus  apicem  minus  attenuatae,  extreme  apice  haud  acuto, 
pilis  margini.s  posterioris  dimidiam  earum  latitudinem  non  attingentibus.  Pedes 
valde  longi.  postici  abdominis  apicem  articulo  primo  tarsali  attingentes  ;  tarsi 
omnes  attenuati. 

Abdomen  longitudinem  thoracis  cum  capite  aequans.  tercbrae  valvis  1/6 
totius  longitudinis  promincntibus. 

Long.  1.3-1,6  mm. 

Mns  diffcrt  abdomine  thoraci  acquilongo.  basi  et  dimidio  apicali  brunneis, 
in  parte  media  lutescente  ;  flagello  tcnui  thoraci  cum  capite  acquilongo,  funiculi 
articuUs  aequalibus,  quadruple  longioribus  quam  latioribus  et  pilis  eorum  longi- 
tudinem non  superantibus.  setis  anterioribus  elongatis  nullis.  clava  quam  articulo 
praecedente  sesquilongiore,  coxis  anticis  funiculi  articulis  aequilongis. 

Long.  1 ,3  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :  "Cascade  Estate,  at  about  1,000  ft.,  and  near  sea-level; 
marshy  coastal  plain  near  Anse  Royale." — Silhouette  ;    Mare  aux  Cochons. 

Specimina  4  $$,  1    cJ. 

Adn.  Huius  specie!  hi  sunt  charactercs  praecipui  :  flagcUi  longitudo,  funi- 
culi articulus  secundus  atque  tertiiis  j)rimo  valde  longiores,  tertius  autem  clavae 
articulo  basali  vel  scilicet  duobus  apicalibus  simul  sumptis  acquilongus,  scutum 
haud  sulcatum,  abdomen  basi  rufescens. 

77.  Tetrastichus  distinguendus,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Praecedenti  similis,  praecipue  differt  scapo  brunnco,  flagello 
pallidiore,  pedicelli  margine  apicali  pilisque  albidis  ;  aUs  lenissime  griseo-vire- 
scentibus,  anguste  fiisco-limbatis,  nervis  brunneis  ;  tarsis  articulo  apicali  plus 
minus   infuscato  ;     flagello   thoracis  longitudinem   parum   superante  ;    articulo 


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primo  funiculi  quam  pedicello  fere  duplo  longiore,  quam  secundo  et  tertio  aequaii- 
bus  sequilongiore  et  clavae  aequilongo,  hac  in  articulos  aequales  divisa  ;  pronoto 
haud  brevi,  longitudine  marginem  posteriorem  scuti  aequante  et  superficie 
conspicue  reticulata,  prope  marginem  posticum,  ad  medium,  siilco  transverse 
impressa  ;  scuto  et  scutello  omnino  subtilissime  strigosis,  modice  vitro  auctis 
polit.is,  nitidis  ;  scuti  sulco  vix  indicate  vel  nullo  ;  pilis  in  margine  apicali  proalae 
quam  in  superficie  triple  vel  quadruple  lengioribus ;  alis  metathoracis  pilis 
fimbriae  quam  earum  latitudine  pauUum  brevioribus  (propertione  7:11); 
abdomine  quam  thorace  longiore  proportiene  5  :  3,  latitudine  1/3  longitudinis 
suae  nen  attingente,  segmentis  3.-5.  aequalibus,  terebrae  valvis  1/6  totius 
lengitudinis  prominentibus. 

Long.  1,6  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :    "Mare  aux  Cochons  district,  1,000-2,000  ft." 

Specimina  duo. 
'  Achi.  Species  haec,  habitu  praecedenti  vakle  similis,  diflert  articulo  primo 
funiculi  quam  secundo  ac  tertio,  qui  sunt  longitudine  aequales,  conspicue  longiore, 
clavae  articulis  tribus  etiam  aequalibus,  pronoto  longo,  scuto  hand  sulcato 
vel  tantum  vestigio  sulci  impresso,  .superficie  minutissime  striata,  ita  ut  si 
modice  vitro  sit  aucta,  magis  quam  in  specie  praecedente  polita  ac  nitida 
videatur,  denique  alarum  fimbria  atque  colore,  nee  non  articulo  quarto 
tarsorum  et  praetarso  brunneis.  In  specie  praecedente  praetarsus  tantum 
est  infuscatus. 


78.  Tetrastichus  agnatus,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  T.  dolichocero  et  T.  distinguendo  similis,  capitis  dimidio  inferiore, 
vel  etiam  facie  fere  tota,  flavo-albidis,  antennis  scapo  ac  pedicello  brunnec- 
iuteis,  reliqua  parte  obscurioribus,  alis  vitreis,  praetarsisinfuscatis  ;  flagello  longi- 
tudinem  thoracis  fere  attingente,  funiculi  articulis  atque  pedicello  subaequahbus, 
primo  tamen  funiculi  longiore,  clava  quam  articulo  praecedente  sesquilongiore, 
ftequaliter  divisa  ;  pronoto  brevi  ;  scuto  sulco  medio  magis  minusve  profunde 
impresso,  superficie  conspicue  striata  ;  alis  posterioribus  apice  acuto  terniinatis, 
fimbria  longa  ;  pedibus  brevioribus  ;  tarsis  posticis  non  attenuatis,  articulis 
subaequilongis  ;  abdomine  longitudinem  thoracis  cum  capite  non  supcrantc, 
terebrae  valvis  1/6  eius  longitudinis  prominentibus. 

Long.  1,3  mm. 

Habitat.  Anonj'me  Island  ("a  cultivated  islet  near  Mahe"). 

Specimina  duo. 

Adn.  Species  characteribus  T.  dolichocero  simulque  T.  distinguendo  simiUs. 
At  eius  abdomen  minus  est  elongatum,  sunt  pedes  breviores  et  graciliores,  funi- 
culi articulus  primus  quam  secundus  vel  tertius  paullo  longior,  capitis  dimidiuni 
inferius  albicans.  Ex  speciminibus  altero  setae  sunt  duae  juxta  sulcum  scapu- 
larum  insertae,  altero  tres,  primo  pedes  leniter  obscurati,  secundo  pallidi. 


79.  Tetrastichus  theioneurus,  sp.  n.  (fig.  69). 

Femina.  Aurato-viridis,  nitcns  ;  oeulis  obscure  rubris  ;  scapo  lutescenti- 
brunneo,  subtus  pallido,  interdum  obscure  luteo,  pedicello  concolore,  flagello 
griseo-brunneo  ;  pedibus  cum  coxis  anterioribus,  coxis  posticis  in  dimidio  apicali, 


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Fig.  69. — Tetraatiehus  theiomuru/i,  $. 

1,  flageUum  (x  65);  2,  ala  mctathoracis  (x  45). 


pallide  sulphnreis  ;  tarsorum  articulo  ultimo  brunneo,  tarsis  anticis,  interdum 
posticis,  flavo-fuscis  ;  alls  hyalinis,  nervis  alae  posterioris,  anterioris  saltirn 
marginali,  item  atque  pedibus,  pallide  sulphureis  ;    terebrae  valvis  nigris. 

Caput  antice  visum  rotundato-triangulare,  transversum,  cculis  glabris, 
genis  modice  curvatis,  peristomio  angusto,  superficie  item  atque  scutum  insculpta, 
punctis  pilifcris  sparsis  parum  conspicuis  ;  antennis  in  media  facie  paullum 
supra    lineam    ocularcm    insertis.     Flagellum    longitudinem    prothoracis    cum 

mesothoracc  aequan.s,  pedicello 
brevi,  hoe  et  funiculi  articulis  tri- 
bus  aequilongis,  articulo  primo 
cum  annellis  arete  contiguis  quam 
sequentibus  evidenter  longiore, 
sccundo  et  tertio  sensim  paullum 
latioribu.s,  pilis  instructis  eorum 
longitudinem  aequantibus,  clava 
quam  articulo  tertio  fere  duple 
longiore,  articulis  aequalibus. 

pScuttim  hand  medio  sulcatum, 
prope  margines  laterales  set  is  binis 
vel  ternis  instructum,  margine  postico  leniter  concavo,  superficie  reticulata, 
areolis  rhombicis  valde  elongatis,  fere  linearibus,  lenissime  excavatis.  Scutellum 
scuto  sesquibrevius,  de  supra  inspectum  spatio  mediano  quam  submedianis  bis 
et  dimidio  latiore,  extremitatibus  anterioribus  sulci  submediani  et  extern!  ab 
ilia  sulci  scapula  ris  aecjue  remotis,  sensillo  punctiformi  mox  pone  setas  anteriores 
instructum,  superficie  confertim  et  minute  in  longitudinem  striata.  Meta- 
thorax  postice  truncatus,  dorsello  magno  quam  scutello  fere  dimidio  breviore, 
tecti  instar  in  longitudinem  angulato-plicato,  sulcis  tenuissimis  diificulter  in- 
spiciendis  reticulato  ;  superficie  metanoti  reticulata  ;  carina  dorsello  aequilonga. 
Metapleura  magna,  basi  lata,  quam  epimerum  superficie  maior  ;  hoc  superne 
apice  rotundato  3/4  metapleurae  longitudinis  attingens. 

Proalae  abdomen  superantes,  longitudine  triplum  fere  earum  latitudinis 
aequantes  :  nervo  marginali  quam  cellula  costali  sesquilongiore  et  quintuplam 
nervi  stigmatici  longitudinem  fere  attingente,  pilis  ornato  nervo  stigmatico 
aequilongis  ;  postcosta  bisetosa,  setis  aeque  ab  eius  extremitatibus  et  inter  se 
remotis  ;  speculo  fere  nullo,  non  ultra  praestigma  extenso  ;  superficie  in  dimidio 
apicali  pilis  brevibus  sat  confertis  instructa  ;  pilis  fimbriae  his  quadruple  longiori- 
bus.  Alae  mctathoracis  itpice  baud  rotundato.  pilis  marginis  posterioris  dimidia 
earum  latitudine  vix  longioribus. 

Pedes  tenues,  antici  articulis  tarsi  subaequalibus,  fere  quintuple  longioribus 
quam  latioribus  ;  prime  spinis  confertis  seriatis  instructo  ;  pedes  postici  articuli.s 
tarsalibus,  praecipue  1.  et  2.,  longioribus. 

Abdomen    elongate    ovatum,    acuminatum,    quam    thorax    duple    longius, 
lateribus  baud  cempressum,  terebrae  valvis  1/4  totius  longitudinis  prominentibus, 
superficie  reticulate-squamosa. 
Long.   1,4-1,6  mm. 

Habitat.   "  iSilhouette  ;    Mare  aux   Coehens.   and   from   near  the  coast  at 
Pointe  Etienne.— Mahe  :  Cascade  Estate,  about   1.000  ft.,  and  marshy  coastal 
plains  near  Anse  Royale." 
Specimina  20  ??. 


XOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.    1917.  217 

Variekis.  Specimina  duo  ?$,  thoracis  area  dorsali  incerte  limitata,  ab- 
dominis diniidio  anteriore  ventreque  fere  toto  obscure  ferrugineis. 
Habitat.  JIahe.  "  Cascade  Estate,  and  near  Anse  Royale."' 
Adn.  Species  ab  affinibus  hie  descriptis,  scilicet  Tetrasticho  longiventri, 
dislinguendo,  agnaio,  qui  autem  omnes  generi  Aprostoceto  secundum  Kurdjumow 
pertinerent,  praecipue  differt  colore,  tarsorum  anticorum  articulo  basali  serie 
conferta  spinarum  munito,  funiculi  articulis  subaequalibus,  seuto  baud  medio 
sulcato. 

80.  Tetrastichus  inunctus  (Nees)  Thomson  (?)  (figs.  70,  71). 

(?)  Eulophus  inunctus  Nees,  Hi/men.  Ichneum.  affin.  Monogr.  ii.  1834.  p.  183.  ?. 

(?)  Entedon  oleinus  Ratzeburg,  Ichneum.  d.  Forstinsect.  ii.  1848.  p.  169. 

(?)  Tetrastichus  inunctus  Thomson,  Hymen.  Scandin.  v.   1878.  p.  294. 

(?)  Oeniocerus  inunctus  Kurdjumow,  Revue  Russe  d'Entom.  xiii.  1913.  p.  249  (tabula  analytica). 

Femina.  Brunneo-nigra,  abdomine  et  thoracis  lateribus  subnitidis,  dorso 
opaco,  oculis  griseo-rubris,  antennis  fere  totis  grisescenti-brunneis,  alls  hyalinis  ; 
his  partibus  luteis  ;  peristomio,  orbitarum  margine  anteriore,  scapo  subtus, 
tegulis  et  alarum  nervis,  dorsello,  fcmoribus  anticis  in  dimidio  apicali,  posterioribus 
basi  et  apice,  tibiis,  tarsisque  fere  totis  ;  articulo  apicali  tarsorum  brunneo, 
interdum  articulis  1.-3.  tarsi  antici  griseis  ;  sulco  praeocellari  lineisque  ab  ore 
ad  antennarum  inscrtionem  saepe  brunneo-luteis. 

Caput  thoracis  latitudinem  aequans,  antice  visum  subtriangulare,  paullum 
longitudine  latius,  facie  post 
mortem  foveam  semicylin- 
dricam  formante,  superficie 
punctis  piliferis  conspicuis 
sparsis,  minute  reticulata, 
areolis  infra  antennarum  in- 
sertiones  regulariter  poly- 
gonis,  in  reliqua  facie  rhom- 
bicis  et  oblique  seriatis. 
Antennae  scapo  subcom- 
presso,    pedicello   sat  longo, 

,.       ■      ,.         .  ■      1-  1  1-  Fig.  70. — Tetrastichus  inunctus,  ?. 

luniculi  articulis  subaequali- 

i  Antenna  (X  90). 

bus,    primo  longitudine  fere 

quadruplam  latitudinem  aec^uante,  secundo  huic  aequilongo,  vix  latiore,  tertio 
paullum  breviore,  proportione  7  :  8,  et  latitudine  dimidiam  longitudinem  parum 
superante  ;  clava  quam  articulo  praecedente  duplo  longiore,  maiore  latitudine 
et  articulo  basali  medium  eius  fere  attingente. 

Scutum  magnum,  convexum,  sulco  medio  baud  profunde  impresso,  prope 
margines  laterales  setis  instructum  brevibus,  tenuibus,  difficulter  inspiciendis, 
aliis  ad  marginem  subseriatis,  aliis  paucis  remotioribus,  sparsis  ;  superficie  in 
dimidio  postico  et  lateribus  foveolis  oblongis,  contiguis,  alte  et  crasse  marginatis, 
oblique  subseriatis,  minute  insculpta,  antice,  in  area  semicirculari,  reticulato- 
punctata,  foveolis  etiam  minoribus,  subrotundis,  acute  marginatis.  Scutellum 
quam  scutum  sesquibrevius,  superne  inspectum  spatio  inter  sulcos  medios 
duplo  quam  spatiis  submedianis  latiore,  his  in  medio  lateris  anterioris  cum  sulco 
scapulari  contiguis  ;  superficie  in  longitudinem  confertim  ac  minute  striata, 
sculptura  a  mesoscuto  valde  diff  erente.     Dorsellum  lineare  transversum.     Metano- 


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turn  breve,  medio  quam  tlorsellum  vix  longhis,  ibique,  carinac  loco,  area  elevata 
instructum  subquadrata,  costis  transversis  anticis  et  posticis  confluentibus 
formata  ;  superficie  minute  reticulata,  sulco  spiraculi  inconspicuo.  Meso- 
sternum  linea  duplicata  fortiter  cuirata  postice  marginatum  ;  epimerum  mecliam 
metapleurae  longitudincm  apice  rotundato  baud  superans.  cum  episterno  sutura 
lenissime  curvata  coniimctum.  Praesternum  sicut  dimidium  scuti  posterius 
et  prothoracis  latera  et  metapleura,  reticulata  ;  mesosternum  sculptura  minus 
conspicua  ;    epimerum  minute  reticulato-sulcatum  ;    episternum  laeve. 

Proalae  abdominis  apicem  vix  superantes,  latitudinc  dimidiam  longitudincm 
fere   attingentes ;     subcosta    4-setosa  ;     nervo    marginali   quam   cellula   costali 

longiore  proportione  7  :  4,  quam 
stigmatico  ]3roportione  9:2; 
speculo  antice  non  ultra  1/3  nervi 
marginalia  extenso,  praestigma 
saepe  non  superante  ;  nervo  basali 
plerumque  bisetoso,  cubitali  prope 
cellulam  basalem  saepius  glabro  ; 
superficie  in  parte  dimidia  basali 
pilis  baud  frequcntibus.  sat  longis, 
instructa,  in  dimidia  apicali  bre- 
vioribus.  magis  confertis,  quam 
fimbriae  apicalis  dimidio  breviori- 
bus.  Alae  metathoracis  margine 
anteriore  usque  ad  apicem  fere 
recto,  pilis  marginis  posterioris  1/4 
earum  latitudinis  fere  aequantibus. 
Pedes  robusti,  postici  coxis  in  latere  exteriore  reticulatis,  in  anteriore 
confertim  striatis,  femoribus  crassis,  quam  anterioribus  fere  duplo  latioribus 
Tarsi  omnes  articulo  apicali  quam  ceteris  siibacqualibus  longiore. 

Abdomen  thorace  fere  duplo  longius,  triquetrum,  apice  acuminatum, 
terebrae  valvis  spatio  tergito  ultimo  aequilongo  promincntibus ;  superficie 
reticulata. 

Long.  2-2,3  mm. 

Habitat.  "  Silhouette  :    from  near  Mont  Pot-a-eau  and  Mare  aux  Cochons, 
1,000-2,000  ft.— Mahe  :    Cascade  Estate,  about  1,000  ft.  ;    Mare  aux  Cochons 
district,  1,000-2,000  ft.,  etc." 
Specimina  35. 

Varietas.  Scapo  atque  pedicello,  linea  pracocellari  lineisciue  ab  ore  ad 
insertiones  antennarum  luteis  ;  margine  orbitali  anteriore  haud  flavo-lineato  ; 
femoribus  luteis,  posticis  tantum  in  latere  dorsali  fusco-umbratis  vel  macula 
brunnea  notatis  ;  coxis  anticis  interdum  fere  totis  luteis  ;  alis  haud  hyalinis  ; 
scuto  minus  opaco  et  sculptura  scutello  simili,  setis  uniseriatis. 

Habitat.     Mahe  :    "  high  forest  of  Morne  Blanc  and  Pilot,  about  2,000  ft.  ; 
summit  of  Mount  Sebert,  about  1,800  ft.,  etc." 
Specimina  4  ?2. 

Adn.  An  sint  huic  speciei  exemplaria  quae  descripsi  attribuenda,  non  sane 
qiiidem  mihi  certum  est,  etsi  cum  descriptionibus  satis  congruant  :  nam  cum 
Neesi  diagnosi  hoc  tantum  non  conveniunt,  abdomine  thoraci  aequilongo, 
femoribus  apice  obscuris.     Ratzeburgi  descriptio  varietati  attribuenda  videtur. 


71. — Tetraatichus  inunciua,  $. 
Alae  (X  26). 


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81.  Tetrastichus  hagenowii  (Ratz.). 

Entedon  Hagenowii  Ratzeburg,  Ichneum.  d.  Forstins.  iii.  1852.  p.  211. 
Tetrastichus  hagenowii  Ashmead,  Fauna  Hawaiiensis,  i.  Cambridge  1901.  p.  329. 
Genioceriis  hagenowii  Kurdjumow,  Revue  Russe  d'Entom.  xiii.  1913.  p.  249  (tabula  analytica). 
Geniocerus  hagenowii  Craviiovd,  Proceed.  U.S.  Nat.  Musetim,  xlviii.  1915.  p.  584.  $  (fig.  antennfe). 

Femina.  Aeneo-viridis,  abdomine  saepius  in  doKO,  praeter  ba.sim  et 
apiceni,  violascenti-nigro,  basi  brevi  .spatio  flavo-grisea  ;  flagello  gri^^ec-brunneo 
versus  apicem  plerumque  pallido-pubescente  ;  scapo,  pedicello,  abdominis 
petiolo  pedibusque  fere  totis  luteis  ;  coxis  anticis  briinneis  vel  aeneis,  tarsorum 
apice  nigi'o  ;   alls  lenissime  iniumatis,  nervis  dilute  brunneis. 

Caput  minute  reticulatum,  areolis  frontis  paullum  elongatis,  oblique  sub- 
seriatis,  infra  antennarum  insertiones  minimis  ac  subrotundis ;  punctis  {)iliferis 
parum  conspicuis,  confertis  sed  leniter  impressis  ;  oculis  parce,  breviter,  pilosis. 

Flagellum  capitis  latitudinem  paullo  superans,  pedicello  triple  longiore  quam 
latiore,  annellis  quatuor,  si  fortiter  vitro  auctis  manifestis,  quorum  ultimus 
postannello  connatus,  articuUs  sequentibus  sat  longe  pilosis,  primo  funiculi 
elongato,  pedicellum  longitudine  et  latitudine  nonnihil  superante  et  clavae 
aequilongo,  secundo  ac  tertio  subaequalibus,  quam  jsrimo  sesquibrevioribus, 
secundo  interdum  4/5  prinii,  tertio  .3/5,  aequantibus. 

Thorax  robustus,  latitudine  3/4  eius  longitudinir.  baud  superans.  Dorsum 
convexum,  sculptura  reticulata,  areolis  super  scutum  niinutis.  elongatis,  angustis, 
fere  omnibus  rhombicis,  in  eius  parte  anteriore  minoribus,  super  scutellum 
etiam  minus  conspicuis,  plerumque  rectangvilaribus,  in  longitudinem  seriatis. 
Dorsellum  atque  metanotum  nitida,  reticulo  lineis  modice  elevatis,  sultilibus, 
formato.  Scutum  tecti  instar  in  angulum  obtusissimum  plicatum,  fovt  is  pili- 
feris  conspicuis  20-28  sparsis  impressum.  Scutellum  acque  longum  atque  latum, 
superne  inspectum  area  media  quam  submedianis  duplo  laticre,  setis  anterioribus 
post  2/3  longitudinis  in.'^ertis.  stnsillis  inter  setas  utriusque  lateris  nuUis. 
Metanotum  conspicue  carinatum,  carina  postice  areolam  triangulartm  formante, 
deinde  costas  duas  metathoracem  limitantcs  emittente.  Metapleura  reticulato- 
sulcata,  areolis  baud  elongatis.  Prcthoracis  latera  atque  praesternum  reticu- 
lato-alveolata.  Mesosternum  et  mesopleura  subtiliter  reticulato-sulcata  ;  epi- 
merum  triangulare,  apice  2/3  metapleurae  longitudinis  attingens. 

Proalae  longitudinem  thoracis  cum  abdcmine  ft  re  aequantcs,  earum  lati- 
tudine longiores  proportione  21  :  50  ;  margine  apicali  bene  rotundato  ;  postcosta 
setis  quatuor  vel  quinque,  interdum  septem  instructa  ;  nervo  marginal!  quam 
cellula  costali  longiore  proportione  7  :  6,  quadruplara  nervi  stigmatici  longi- 
tudinem superante  (proportione  35  :  8)  setisque  2/3  huius  nervi  aequantibus 
instructo  ;  speculo  non  ultra  praestigma  extenso,  setarum  serie  neivi  cubitalis 
a  cellula  basali  incipiente.  Alae  metathoraeis  pilis  marginis  posterioris  1/4 
earum  latitudinis  parum  superantibus. 

Pedes  longiu.^cuii,  antici  articuhs  tarsalibus  primo  et  secundo  aequilongis, 
tertio  et  quarto  vix  brevioribus,  etiam  aequilongis  ;  postici  articulo  tarsali 
primo  elongato,  secundo  3/4  huius  aequante,  tertio  et  quarto  subaequalibus 
dimidiam  primi  longitudinem  vix  attingentibus  ;  intermedii  articulis  sicut  in 
pedibus  posticis  at  paulhim  brevioribus. 

Abdomen  oblonge  ovatum,  apice  acvito,  longitudinem  thcracis  cum  capite 
aequans,  superficie  reticulato-sulcata. 


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Long.  1,6 — 1,9  mm. 

Mas  antennarum  annellis  vix  conspicuis,  funiculi  aiticulis  aeqiialibus,  quam 
pediceUo  parum  longioribus,  clava  in  articulos  tres  aequalcs  divisa  et  duobus 
praecedentibus  .simul  sumptis  acquilonga  ;  seti.s  flagelli  brevioribus  latitudinem 
articulorum  aequantibus,  longioribus,  in  articulis  singulis  funiculi  et  primo  clavae 
insertis,  usque  ad  dimidium  articuli  sequentis  elongatis. 

Habitat :   passim,  Periplaneias  parasitizans. 

Specimina  plurima,  in  insulis  Mahe  et  Silhouette  collecta. 

Adn.  Hanc  specieni,  cuius  exemplaiia  Hagenow  lolurima  in  Greifswald 
obtinuit  ex  ootheca  Blaitae  in  spolio  avis  seychellensis  latente,  Ratzeburg  breviter 
descripsit.  Specimina  igitur  quae  ego  esamina\'i,  quasi  cotyporum  praetium 
habent.  Species  haec  valde  est  diffusa,  blattaiuin  oothecas  inquinans,  et  ctiam, 
quorundam  virorum  judicio,  parasita  occurrit  Evuniae  appendigastris  vel  aliarum 
generis  specierum,  oothecas  inquinantium.  Inter  exemplaria  in  Insulis 
SeycheUensibus  collecta  eaque  quae  dr.  Martelli  in  Sicilia,  prope  Cataniam, 
invenit,  quaeque  is  mihi  comiter  misit,  nulla  est  differentia.  Clavam  maris  in 
hac  specie  biarticulatam  esse,  sicut  in  Tetraslicho  xantliopodo  Ratz.,  Kurdjumovv 
affirmavit,  ego  vero  articulos  tres  baud  difficulter  numeravi. 


82.  Tetrastichus  metalliferus,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Corpore  metallico,  capite  cum  prothorace  aeneis,  scuto  et  scutello 
purpureis,  mesothoracis  lateribus  fere  nigris,  axillis,  dorsello,  metanoto  abdominis- 
que  basi  pallide  aeneis  (id  est  virescenti-griseis,  metallicis)  nitidissimis,  abdomine 
reliquo  nigro-brunneo  ;  —  vel  etiam  fronte  et  scutello  purpureis,  reliquo  thoracis 
dorso  aeneo,  scuto  tantum  leniter  aurato  — ;  antennis  brunneis,  scapo  cum 
pedicello,  pedibusque  cum  coxis  posterioribus,  stramineis  vel  luteis,  tarsorum 
articulis  apicalibus  infuscatis  ;  tegulis  brunneo-luteis,  nervo  marginali  et 
stigmatico  fiavo-griseis. 

Caput  punctis  pUiferis  numerosis,  conspicuis. 

Antennae  pedicello  sat  longo  ;  funiculi  articulo  primo  quam  pedicello  paullum 
breviore,  secundo  et  tertio  subaeciualibus,  2/3  pedicelli  fere  aequantibus  ;  clava 
quam  pedicello  baud  niulto  longiore,  in  articulos  aequales  divisa. 

Thorax  latitudine  3/5  eius  longitudinis  aequans,  dorso  piano,  prothorace  et 
scapulis  conspicue  reticulatis,  his  ultimis  tamen  prope  scuti  latera  fere  laevibus  ; 
axillis  minute  reticulatis  ;  scuto  areolis  valde  elongatis.  fere  linearibus,  oblique 
subseriatis,  foveolis  piliferis  baud  numerosis  sparsis  ;  scutello  quam  scuto  minus 
.  conspicue  insculpto  (si  modice  vitro  augeas,  sericeo),  areolis  dimidio  angustioribus 
et  brevioribus,  superficiem  .striatam  simulantibus  ;  dorsello  ct  metanoto  lineis 
subtilibus  reticulatis,  areolis  magnis.  Scutum  ab  axillis  late,  scapulis  interpositis, 
separatum,  sulco  medio  nullo,  setis  tenuibus  longis,  ad  margincs  laterales  temis 
vel  quaternis,  in  superficie  nonnullis,  sparsis.  Scutellum  latum,  margine  postico 
lenissime  curvato,  area  media  quadra ta  quam  submedianis  angustis  quadruple 
latiore,  setis,  in  areis  submedianis,  longis,  sensillo  nuUo  intcrposito.  I'orsellum 
magnum.  Metanotum  dorsello  duplo  longius,  carinae  loco  costis  longitudinalibus 
arcuatis  in.structum  versus  lineam  raediam  convexis  ac  fere  contiguis.  Meta- 
pleura  angusta,  subtiliter  reticulato-sulcata,  areolis  elongatis. 

Proalaecorpori  acquilongae, latitudine  dimidiam  longitudinemfereaequantes, 


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apice  bene  rotundatae  ;  subcosta  setis  quinque  vel  quatuor  in.structa  ;  nervo 
marginali  longitudinem  ceOulae  costalis  paiillum  superante,  quam  nervo  stig- 
matico  quadruplo  longiore  sctisque  instructo  quam  hoc  dimidio  brevioribus  ; 
speculo  non  ultra  praestigma  extenso  :  setarum  serie  nerv'i  cubitali.s  a  cellula 
basali  incipiente.  Alae  metathoracis  apice  rotundatae,  pilis  fimbriae  1/4  eanim 
iatitudinis  aequantibu.s. 

Pedes  sat  longi.  tenues,  tarsorum  articuli.s  duobus  ultimi.s  brevioribus. 

Abdomen  ovatiim,  distincte  petiolatum,  thoracis  longitudinem  et  lati- 
tudinem  aequans,  terebrae  valvis  prominentibus,  superficie  reticulato-squamosa. 

Long.  1,25  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :  "  Mare  aux  Cochons  district,  and  Cascade  Estate  and  the 
forest  above,  1,000-2,000  ft." 

Specimina  tria. 

83.  Tetrastichus  dispar,  sp.  n. 

Femhw.  Obscure  grisescenti-cyanea,  abdomine  castaneo,  scape  luteo, 
pedicello  obscuriore,  funiculo  et  clava  brunneis,  oculis  griseo-rubris,  pedibus 
cum  coxis  fulvis,  femoribus  anticis  postice  in  dimidio  apicali  infuscatis,  tarsis 
apice  obscuro,  tegulis  brunneis,  alarum  nervis  flavo-griseis. 

Caput  thorace  et  longitudine  sua  paullum  latius,  punctis  piliferis  eonspicuis 
impressum.  Flagellum  mesothoracis  dorso  aequilongum  ;  pedicellus  dupla 
latitudine  vix  longior,  funiculi  articulus  primus  pedicelli  longitudinem  aequans, 
sequentes  sensim  breviores  et  latiores,  ultimus  aeque  longus  atque  latus  ;  clava 
conica  articulis  duobus  praecedentibus  aequilonga. 

Thorax  latitudine  5/7  eius  longitudinis  aequans,  scute  prefunde  medio 
sulcato,  setis  ternis  ad  margines  laterales  instructo,  sculptura  reticulata  con- 
spicua  ;  scutello  in  longitudinem  striate,  areis  submertianis  de  supra  inspectis 
quam  area  media  fere  dimidio  angustioribus  ;  derselle  rectangulari,  reticulate  ; 
metathoracis  dorso  minute  at  fortius  reticulate,  carina  instructo  mox  pone 
dorsellum  divisa  et  carinas  duas  formante  parum  divergentes,  cum  costa  posteriore 
metanoti  foveolam  fere  linearem  includentes.  Praesternum,  metapleura  et  area 
triangularis  mesosterni  post  huius  marginem  reticulato-alveolata  ;  epimerum, 
item  atque  episternum,  fere  laeve,  forma  baud  triangulari,  potius  subrectangulari, 
at  latere  anteriore  leniter  sinuate  insertionem  alae  metathoracis  fere  attingente. 

Prealae  longitudinem  thoracis  cum  abdomine  aequantes,  earum  latitudine 
longieres  proportione  9:4;  margine  apicali  bene  rotundato  ;  postcesta 
unisetosa  ;  nervo  marginali  quam  cellula  costali  vix  breviore  setisque  instructo 
quam  nervo  stigmatico  dimidio  brevioribus,  hoc  1/3  marginalis  fere  aequante  ; 
speculo  non  ultra  praestigma  extenso  ;  setarum  serie  nervi  cubitalis  a  nervo 
basali  incipiente.  Alae  metathoracis  ad  apicem  magis  attenuatae,  apice  extreme 
rotundatae,  pilis  marginis  pesterioris  1/3  earum  Iatitudinis  aequantibus. 

Pedes  pestici  calcari  dimidium  metatarsi  baud  superante,  tarsorum  articulis 
elongatis,  subaequalibus. 

Abdomen  ovatum,  apice  acutum,  longitudine  thoraecm  parum  superans, 
latitudine  aequans,  .segmentis  2.-4.  basi,  sequentibus  totis  reticulato-sulcatis. 

Long.  1,6  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe,  Cascade  Estate,  "about  1,000  ft." 

Specimen  unicum. 


222  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

84.  Tetrastichus  nigriceps,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Capite  nigro,  oculis  et  ocellis  rubris,  antennis  flavescenti-griseis, 
scapo  subtus  et  lateribus  albido  ;  thoracc  saturate  aureo-viridi,  tegulis  pedi- 
busque  luteis,  coxis  po.sticis  extus  fere  usque  ad  apiceni  viridibu.'s,  tarsis  articulo 
apicali  infuscato,  alarum  nerris  dilute  brunneis,  abdomine  obscure  viridi  basi 
rufo-flavescente,  .scgmentorum  2.-4.  dorso  eupreo. 

Antennae  scapo  fusiformi  valde  compresso,  quam  pedieello  duplo  longiare, 
flagello  thoracis  longitudinem  fere  attingente,  pedieello  et  funiculi  articulis 
subaequalibus,  in  specimine  exsiccato  duplo  longioribus  quam  latioribus,  clava 
quam  articulo  praecedente  fere  duplo  longiore,  in  articulos  subaequales  divisa. 

Thorax  latitudine  5/7  eius  longitudinis  aequans,  scute  medio  sulcato  setisque 
binis  ad  margines  lateralcs  instructo,  in  longitudinem  minute  reticulato-striato  ; 
scutello  minute  striato  ;  area  media  quam  submedianis  de  supra  inspectis  vix 
latiore  ;  dorsello  subtiliter  reticulato-sulcato  ;  metanoto  sat  conspicue  reticulato- 
squamoso  et  carina  elevata  instructo  dorsello  aequilonga. 

Proalae  sat  longae,  corpus  longitudine  aequantes,  duplo  longiores  quam 
latiores,  margine  apicali  niodice  arcuato,  posteosta  bisetosa,  nervo  marginali 
quam  stigmatico  longiore,  proportione  5  :  2,  pilis  instructo  quam  nervo  stig- 
matico  sesquibrevioribus,  dente  clavae  angustae  satis  elongate  ;  specido  non 
ultra  praestigma  extenso  ;  setarum  serie  nervi  cubitalis  a  ner\-o  basali  incipiente. 
Alae  metathoracis  pilis  marginis  posterioris  1/3  earum  latitudinis  vix  aequantibus- 

Tarsorum  articuli  subaequales. 

Abdomen  thoraci  aequilongum,  superficie  reticulato-squamosa. 

Long.  1,5  mm. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  :    Mare  aux  Cochons. 

S})eeimen  unicum. 


85.  Tetrastichus  nigricoza,  sp.  n. 

Mas.  Obscure  viridis,  mesothoracis  lateribus,  coxis,  femoribus  abdomineque 
nigris,  hoc  basi  et  apioe  aeneo  ;  genubus,  tibiis  tarsisque  luteis,  his  versus  apicem 
infuscatis  ;    antennis  brunneo-luteis  ;    tegulis  brunneis,  alarum  nervis  griseis. 

Antennae  scapo  compresso,  longitudine  triplam  eius  latitudinem  paullum 
superante,  post  medium  carina  instructo  latitudini  aequilonga  ;  flagello  meso- 
thoracis dorsum  baud  superante,  setis  elongatis  nullis  ;  pedieello  duplo  longiore 
quam  latiore  ;  annello  conspicuo,  longitudine  dimidiam  pedicelli  latitudinem 
attingente  ;  funiculi  articulis  aequalibus,  vix  elongatis,  3/4  pedicelli  Icngitudinis 
attingentibus  ;  clava  articulis  duobus  ultimis  funiculi  simul  sumptis  aequUonga, 
in  articulos  aequales  divisa. 

Thorax  latitudine  7/9  eius  longitudinis  aequans,  scuto  medio  sulcato,  setis 
instructo  quaternis  ad  margines  laterales,  versus  scutellum  sensim  remotioribus 
et  longioribus,  superficie  item  atque  scutelli  minute  in  longitudinem  striata  ; 
scutelli  areis  submedianis  de  supra  inspectis  quam  area  media  fere  dimidio 
angustioribus ;  dorsello  subtiliter  reticulato-sulcato  ;  metanoto  retieulato- 
squamoso,  carina  elevata  instructo  quam  dorsello  fere  sesquilongiore. 

Proalae  longitudinem  corporis  sine  capite  aequantes,  latitudine  quam  dimidia 
carum  longitudine  minora  proportione  2  :  5,  margine  apicali  modice  arcuato  ; 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  223 

postco.sta  unisetosa  ;  nervo  marginal!  cellulae  costali  aeqiiilongo,  crasso,  1/9 
eius  longitudinis  latitudine  attingente,  setisque  instructo  quam  nervo  stigmatico 
.sesquibrevioribus,  hoc  etiam  crasso,  quam  marginali  triple  breviore  ;  nervo 
basali  glabro,  speculo  magno  ad  medium  marginalis  extenso.  Alae  metathoracis 
apice  rotundatae,  pilis  marginis  posterioris  1/4  earum  latitudinis  aequantibus. 

Pedes  postici  calcari  metatarso  aequilongo,  tarsorum  articulis  sensim  vix 
longioribus. 

Abdomen  ovatum,  longitudine  thoracem  aequans,  latitudine  5/7  tantum 
attingens,  superficie  reticulato-squamosa. 

Long.   1,65  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :    "Mare  aux  Coehons  district,  1,000-2,000  ft." 

Specimen  unicum. 


86.  Tetrastichus  aeniginosus,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Aeruginosa,  abdomine  brunneobasi  flavescente,  flagellogriseo-fu.sco, 
oculis  et  ocellis  rubris,  pedibus  cum  coxis  flavo-albidis,  alarum  nervis  pallidis. 

Caput  magnum,  lenticulare,  antice  visum  rotundatum,  oculis  parum 
prominulis,  fere  glabris,  antennis  in  linea  oculari  post  1/3  longitudinis  capitis 
insertis,  scapo  quam  orbita  breviore,  flagello  thoraci  aequilongo,  articuli-i 
funiculi  sensim  vix  longioribus,  clava  quam  articulo  praecedente  duplo  longiore. 

Thorax  brevis,  altus.  Scutum  setis  longis,  binis  in  utroque  latere,  sat 
procul  a  margine  instructum,  sulco  medio  distincto  ;  scutellum  dimidiam  scuti 
longitudinem  vix  superans,  latitudinem  aequans,  margine  postico  fere  recto, 
sulcis  mediis  nuUis  ;  metathorax  postice  truncatus,  dorsello  magno,  carina  parum 
prominente  quam  dorsello  dimidio  breviore.  Mesothoracis  dorsum  minutissime 
et  confertim  in  longitudinem  striatum,  latera  item  atque  metanotum  lineis 
SHbtilibus  reticulata,  areolis  magnis.  Mesosternum  postice  fortiter  curvatum  ; 
epimerum  triangulare,  apice  dimidiam  metapleurae  longitudinem  superans. 

Proalae  duplo  longiores  quam  latiores,  nervo  marginali  quam  cellula  costali 
longiore  proportione  10  :  7,  quintuplam  nervi  stigmatici  longitudinem  attingente  ; 
postcosta  setis  tribus  instructa  ;  pilis  in  superficie  haud  confertis,  post  dimidiam 
alae  longitudinem  in  margine  sesquilongioribus  ;  speculo  non  ultra  praestigma 
extenso.  Alae  metathoracis  in  dimidio  exteriore  triangulares,  pilis  marginis 
postici  quam  earum  latitudine  paullum  brevioribus. 

Pedes  longi,  haud  robusti,  postici  femore,  tibia  et  tarso  aequilongis,  hoc 
ultimo  articulo  apicali  quam  ceteris  subaequalibus  vix  longiore.  Tarsi  antici 
articulis  sensim  longioribus,  apicali  evidenter  longiore. 

Abdomen  oblongo-ovatum,  longitudine  thoracem  cum  capite  aequans,  lati- 
tudine paullum  superans,  apice  nervum  stigmaticum  attingens,  terebra  haud 
prominula. 

Long.  1  mm. 

Mas  differt  scapo  compresso,  pedicello  et  articulo  primo  funiculi  aequalibus, 
articulo  tertio  et  quarto  evidenter  longioribus,  omnibus  setis  duplam  eorum 
longitudinem  superantibus  instructis  ;  clavae  articulo  basali  quarto  funiculi 
aequilongo. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :  Cascade  Estate. 

Specimina  1^  ,  2  33. 


224  NOVITATKS    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

87.  Tetrastichus  stictococci  Silv.  ( 0- 

?  Tetrastichus  stictococci  Silveatri,  Boll.  Labor.  Zool.  gen.  e  agr.,  Portici,  ix.  1915.  p.  370.  fig.  26. 

Sunt  in  colleetione  specimina  duo,  ex  Mahe  (Cascade  Estate)  provenientia, 
quorum  characteies  omnes  examinare  non  potui  :  ea  vcro  Tetrasticho  stictococci 
attribucnda  videntur,  silvestrianae  specie!,  quam  auctor  in  Cote  d'Or  (in 
Africa  Occidentali)  invenit  cuiusque  mas  tantum  est  notus.  Speciminibus 
mahensibus,  quae  feminae  sunt,  corpus  est  brunneo-nigrum,  thoracis  dorso 
lenitcr  cyanescente  ;  funiculus  cum  clava  obscure  griseus,  scapus  atque  pedi- 
cellus  flavo-grisei  ;  idemque  color  est  tibiis  taisisque,  excepto  hoium  artieulo 
apicali  obscurato  ;  femora  piimi  et  secundi  paris  pedum  non  ultra  dimidium 
basale  sunt  nigra.  Tetrasticho  strictococci,  secundum  SOvestrii  descriptioneni, 
nulla  est  pars  pedum  nigro  picta  ;  quod  vero  sexus  character  esse  potest. 
Aliaque  est  differentia  in  setis  scuto  insertis,  quae  in  Tetrasticho  seychellegsi 
quatuor  sunt  prope  scapulanim  sulcum  :  in  uno  autem  specimine  seta  quinta 
juxta  raarginem  posticum  et  prope  ultimam  seriei  lateralis  inseritur :  at 
secundum  Silvestrii  descriptionem  tres  numerantur.  In  specimine  seychellensi 
setis  quinque  instructo,  setae  ipsae  parti  posteriori  scuti  vel  scutello  adfixae, 
setaque  axillulae,  anomalam  longitudinem  attigisse  videntur.  De  thoracis 
lateribus  hoc  dicere  licet.  Praesterni  et  metapleurae  superficies,  etiam  si 
fortiter  vitro  augeas,  transverse  atque  minute  strigulosa  apparet  ;  metapleurae 
et  epimeri  eadem  est  magnitudo  ;  hoc  apice  eius  acuto  marginem  superum 
metapleurae  attingit. 

88.  Tetrastichus  longifimbriatus,  sp.  n.  (fig.  72). 

Mas.  Nigro-brunneus,  peristomio,  antennis,  pedibus  praeter  femora  postica 
et  coxas  flavis  vel  flavo-griseis,  dorsello  nigro  vel  brunnco-luteo.  alis  griseo- 
virescentibus,  tegulis  et  nervis  pallidc  brunneis. 

Antennae  scapo  compresso  triplo  longiore  quam  latiore,  carina  apicem  fere 
attingente  ;  flagello  quadruplam  scapi  longitudinem  aequante,  pedicello  lati- 
tudine  sua  paullum  longiore,  funiculi  artieulo  primo  brevi  pedicello  aequilongo, 
sequentibus  et  clavae  duobus  primis  aequalibus,  duplo  longioribus  ;  setis  in 
latere  dorsali  articuli  secundi  usque  ad  medium  clavae  elongatis,  in  latere  ventrali 

apicem  articuli  paullum  superantibus,  iUis 
articuli  tertii  et  quarti  triplae  unius 
articuli  longitudini  aequalibus. 

Scutum  medio  sulcatum,  item  atque 
scuteUuni  minute  in  longitudinem  stri- 
atum. Dorsellum  magnum,  carinae  meta- 
noti  aequilongum,  haec  autem  brevis, 
lata. 

Proalae  abdomen  valde   superantes, 

Fio.  12.— Tetrastichus  longifimbriatus,  S-        longitudini  huius  cum  thorace  aequales, 

proaia  (x  45).  latitudinc    2/5   earum  longitudinis  attin- 

gentes  ;    postcosta   bisetosa,    nervo    mar- 

ginali  quam  stigmatico  sextuplo  longiore  pilisque  instructo  huic  aequilongis  ; 

pilis  fimbriae  valde  elongatis,  nervum  stigmaticum  aequantibus  ;  hoc  clava  haud 

determinata,   apice  truncato  et  mox  ad  apicem  dentato.     Alac  metathoracis 


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angustae,  1/6  earum  longitudinis  latitudine  aequantes,  in  dimidio  externo 
elongate  triangulares,  apice  acuto.  Pili  fimbriae  in  alis  anterioribus  et  posteri- 
oribus  aequilongi,  hanim  latitudini  aequale.s. 

Tarsi  postici  articulis  aequilongis. 

Abdomen  thorace  pauUum  brevius. 

Long.  0,9  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :  "  Cascade  Estate,  from  forest  near  Mount  Harrison,  about 
1,700  ft.  ;    slopes  of  Morne  Seychellois,  about  2,000  ft." 

Specimina  duo. 

Adn.  Haec  species  quam  nunc  Tetrnstichis  adscripsi,  charaeteribus  genericae 
rationis  ab  illis  forsan  non  differt  quas  Ashmead  et  Howard  Gyrolasiae  Forst. 
attribuerunt  ;  hae  femineo  sexu  tantum  cognitae,  omnes  Americae  pertinent. 


Gen.  Syntomosphynim  Forster. 
89.  Syntomosphynim  trichops,  sp.  n. 

Femina.  Nigra,  parum  nitens,  oculis  brunneis,  ocellis  rubris,  antennis, 
alarum  nervis  et  abdominis  petiole  griseo-luteis,  tegulis  brunneis,  alis  baud 
limpidis,  pedibus  cum  coxis  posterioribus  fulvis,  femoribus  anticis  basi  nigris, 
praetarsis   omnibus  leniter  infuscatis. 

Caput  thorace  parum  latius,  antice  visum  rotundato-triangulare,  paullum 
latitudine  sua  brevius  (proportione  5  :  6),  vertice  arcuato,  oculis  dense  hirtis, 
linea  oculari  inferiore  1/5  eius  longitudinis  ab  ore  remota,  clypei  margine  medio 
foveola  punctiformi  impresso,  antennis  paullum  supra  lineam  ocularem  et  infra 
medium  faciei  insertis.  Forma  capitis  de  latere  ovato-triangularis,  diametro 
transverso  dimidium  fere  lorgitudinalis  aequante,  oculis  subrctundis  totam  fere 
latitudinem  occupantibus,  genis  teretibus  sulco  impressis.  Vertex  de  supra 
inspectus  medio  tantum  pri  pter  foveam  antennalem  angustato,  margine  postico 
acuto,  ocello  anteriore  lineae  posterioribus  tangenti  fere  contiguo.  his  ab  anteriore 
et  ab  oculis  aequo  spatio  remotis.  Superficies  tota  reticulata,  foveolis  piliferis 
crebris  impressa,  pilis  sat  longis  hirta. 

Scapus  lineam  ocularem  superiorem  non  attingens  ;  flagellum  breve  longi- 
tudinem  capitis  vix  aequans,  pedicello  duplo  longiore  quam  latiore,  annellis 
coalesccntibus  articulum  minimum  formantibus,  funiculi  articulis  tribus  sensim 
latioribus,  vix  breviciibus,  primo  subtransverso,  ultimo  longitudine  sua  3/5 
latitudinis  baud  superante  ;  clava  conica,  quam  articulo  praecedente  duplo 
longiore,  baud  latiore,  in  articulos  tres  divisa,  quorum  primus  ultimo  funiculi 
subaequalis. 

Thorax  latitudine  3/4  longitudinis  aequans,  pronoto  sat  longo,  sed  collari 
minime  discrete  ;  mesonoti  scuto  baud  sulcato  et  margine  posteriore  dimidium 
eius  latitudinis  maximae,  longitudine  7/9  huius  attingente  ;  scutello  brevicre 
(proportione  11  :  14)  aeque  longo  atque  lato,  sulcis  etiam  nullis  ;  axUlis  a  lateribus 
scuti  valde  remotis  ;  metathorace  dorsello  magno,  carina  media  elevata,  carinis 
lateralibus  spiraculis  extus  tangentibus,  angulis  posterioribus  reflexc-marginatis. 
Sculptura  pronoti,  mesoscuti  et  scapulanim  fortiter  reticulato-sulcata,  areclis 
forma  irregulari,  foveis  piliferis  conspicuis  sed  baud  profundis  neque  marginatis, 
sparsis  ;  axillae,  axillulae  atque  scutellum  sculptura  magis  minuta,  areolis  fere 
dimidio  minoribus,  regularibus,  foveis  piliferis  nullis  ;   dorsellum  etiam  reticula- 

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226  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

turn,  metanotum  subsquamosum.  Callus  parce  pilosus.  Metapleura  et  meso- 
sternum  con.spicue  reticulata,  ejiimerum  cum  episterno  fere  laevia,  prae.sternum 
sicut  thoracis  latera  alveolatum,  foveolae  autem  prothoracis  subquadratae. 
Mesostcrni  latus  posticum  fortiter  sinuatum,  aream  episterni  depressam,  rhom- 
boidalem,  antice  limitans.  Pili  super  pronotum,  super  scutum  et  scapulas  fre- 
quentes,  aequilongi,  super  axillas  et  axillulas  nuUi  :  scutellum  setis  quatuor 
longis  instructum,  anterioribus  scuto  propinquis,  sensillo  discoidali  setis  cuiusque 
lateris  interposito. 

Proalae  abdominis  apicem  vix  superantes,  latae,  dimidiam  earum  longitu- 
dinem  latitudine  fere  aequantes,  subcosta  trisetosa,  nervo  marginali  quam 
cellula  costali  sesquilongiore  et  quintuplam  ner*'i  .stigmatici  lorgitudincm  vix 
superante  (2  :  11),  setis  circa  duodecim  instructo  nei-vo  stigma tico  aequilongis  ; 
cellula  basali  fere  glabra,  speculo  non  ultra  praestigma  extenso  ;  pilis  fimbriae 
in  parte  postica  longioribus.  Alae  metathoracis  cellula  costali  super  nei-vum 
marginalem  angustissima  usque  ad  hamulos  extensa.  apice  rotundatae,  pilis 
marginis  posterioris  1/3  earum  latitudinis  vix  aequantibus. 

Pedes  longiuscuU,  intermedii  articulo  prime  tarsali  quam  secundo  et  tertio 
longiore,  postici  articulo  secundo  quam  primo  nonnihil  Icngiore  et  tertio  brcvi. 

Abdomen  distincte  petiolatum,  ovatum,  thoracis  longitudinem  et  latitudinem 
paullum  superans,  duplo  longius  quam  latius  :  segmento  primo  duplam  secundi 
longitudinem  aequante,  hoc  cum  tertio  et  sexto  brevibus,  subaequalibus,  seg- 
mentis  vero  quarto  et  quinto  cum  prime  longioribus  ;  terebrae  valvis  vix  apice 
prominulis  ;  superficie  tota  reticulato-squamosa,  pilis  longiusculis  sat  crebris 
ornata. 

Long.  1,35  mm. 

Mas  femoribus  omnibus  leniter  infuscatis,  flagello  capitis  longitudini  aequi- 
longo,  articulo  primo  funiculi  subquadrato,  paullum  longitudine  sua  latiore  et 
quam  pedicello  fere  dimidio  breviore  ;  sequentibus  pedicello  aequilongis,  sensim 
vix  latioribus,  ultimo  latitudine  paullum  longiore  ;  clava  in  articulos  tres  sub- 
aequales  divisa.  quorum  primus  praeclavae  longitudinem  aequans  ;  funiculi 
articulis  omnibus  pilis  eorum  longitudini  aequalibus  ornatis,  duobus  primis 
antice  etiam  setis  paucis  funiculo  aequilongis  instructis  ;  abdomine  quam 
thorace  paullum  longiore,  nonnihil  angustiore,  magis  depresso. 

Statura  quam  feminae  vix  minor. 

Habitat.  "Silhouette  :  Mare  aux  Cochons,  about  1.000  ft. — Mahe,  Cascade 
Estate." 

Specimina  2  ?$,  1  (J. 

Adn.  Species  haec  Syntomosphyro  glossinae  et  phaeosomati,  Waterstoni, 
est  proxima. 

Gen.  Melittobia  Westwood. 
90.  Melittobia  hawaiiensis  Perkins. 

Proc.  Hawai.  ent.  Soc.  1907.  p.  124. 

Femina.  Corpus  nigro-brunneum  ;  oculi  concolores,  ocelli  rubri.  antennae 
gri.sescenti-brunneae,  scapo.  pedicello  inferius,  flavo-griseis  ;  os  aeruginosum  ; 
pedes  pallide  flavo-ochracei,  femoribus  ad  basim  antice  plus  minus  fusco-macu- 
latis,  coxis  brunneis  antice  flavescentibus  ;  alae  lenissime  griseo-virescentes, 
nervis  griseis. 


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Caput  thorace  paullum  latius,  discoideum,  vertice  elevato,  oculis  hirtis, 
iabri  incisura  media  lobulos  duos  rotiindatcs  separante,  mandibulis  3-dentatis. 
Antennae  ad  os,  infra  lineam  ocularem.  in.sertae,  scapo  compresso  ocellum  baud 
attingente,  prope  apicem  latiore  eiusqiie  superficie  tota  pilis  pauci.s  brevibus 
instructa  ;  flagello  duplo  fere  qiiam  scapo  longiore,  qiiam  capitis  latitudine 
breviore,  annellis  inconspicuis,  microscopio  inspectis  quasi  duplicata  lamella 
perspiciendis  ;  funiculi  articulis  tribus  sensim  latioribus,  primo  longitudine 
parum,  ultimo  fere  sesquilatiore  ;    clava  brevi,  triarticulata. 

Thorax,  cum  abdomine,  valde  depressus,  hoc  ultimum  vix  brevius.  Pro- 
thorax  longus,  conicus  :  scutum  medio  haud  sulcatum,  scutellum  sulcis  ducbus 
parallelis  ;  metathorax  etiam  longus,  dorsello  fere  lineari.  spiraculis  parvis 
rotundatis,  carina  nulla.  Callus  pilis  paucis  instructus.  Pars  thoracis  superior 
minute  reticulata,  areolis  scutelli  fere  linearibus. 

Proalae  abdominis  apicem  nonnihil  superantes,  latitudine  dimidiae  earum 
longitudini  fere  aequali.  apice  leniter  rotundato,  nen'o  submarginali  setis  longis 
tribus,  interdum  duabus  vel  quatuor  instructo,  marginali  quam  cellula  costali 
vix  longiore,  postmarginali  brevissimo,  latitudine  sua  haud  longiore,  stigmatico 
1/3  marginalis  parum  superante  (propoftione  7:18).  parte  basah  glabra,  excepto 
spatio  quodam  cellulam  basaleni  inferius  limitante  :  speculo  infra  praestigma 
nuUo,  hoc  autem  a  nen^o  humerali  non  bene  discrete  setaque  instructo  quam  illis 
nervo  marginali  antice  adfixis  nonnihil  longiore.  Metathoracis  alae  ipsarum 
latitudine  quintuple  longiores,  cellula  costali  ad  hamulos  extensa,  pOis  marginis 
postici  1/3  latitudinis  vix  longioribus. 

Pedes  robusti,  tarsorum  articulis  longitudine  subaequalibus,  calcaribus 
brevibus  metatarsum  non  superantibus. 

Abdomen   distincte   petiolatum,   latitudine   maxima    2/3  eius   longitudinis 
attingens,  quam  thorax  aliquantulum  latius.  lateribus  fere  rectis.  apice  parum 
rotundato,   terebrae  valvis  vix   prominentibus.   segmcntis  subaecjualibus,  pilis 
numerosis  sparsis,  longiusculis,  superficie  in  longitudinem  confertim  striata. 
Long.  1  mm. 

Habitat.  Mahe  :   Cascade  Estate. 
Specimina  plurima. 

Adn.  Hanc  speciem  amplius  et  apte  describere  nequeo,  quum  sint  exem- 
plaria  adeo  exsiccatione  deformata  ut  ne  quidem  solutione  alcalina  partes  omnes 
in  priorem  formam  restitui  possint.  quod  saepe  huius  generis  speciebus  cccurrit. 
Gratias  nunc  agam  domino  Watersten  qui  hanc  speciem  recognovit  et 
cum  europaea  M.  acasta  (Walk.)  comparavit  ;  is  de  characteribus  Melittobiae 
haumiensis  notas  quasdam  scripsit,  quas  libenter  hie  referam.  "  The  mandibles 
are  shorter  and  broader  than  in  acasta.  The  median  clypeal  incisicn  is  much 
shorter  and  the  lobes  are  truncate,  not  roi.nded  (a  condition  not  found  in  others 
of  the  genus).  The  eyes  are  for  this  genus  densely  pubescent  and  the  face  more 
hairy,  the  scrobes  are  smaller,  and  the  impressed  lines  en  the  mid  frons  more 
approximated.  In  the  antennae  the  scape  is  shorter  and  broader  and  the  joints 
of  the  funicle  are  all  much  broader  than  long  ;  the  sensoria  are  more  numerous. 
In  the  prothorax  the  spiracular  emargination  is  very  slight  and  the  spiracle  is 
not  deeply  embedded.  Ihis  is  an  extremely  bristly  form  all  over.  It  may 
be  separated  at  a  glance  from  acasta  by  comparing  the  mid  lobes  of  their  respective 
mesonota.  In  the  European  insect  there  are  about  40  bristles  (20,20)  while  in 
the  Seychelles  form  the  bristles  arc  about  80  (40,  40)      The  wing  has  stronger 


228 


NOVITATES   ZOOLOGICAE  XXIV.    1917. 


bristles  and  the  radius  of  the  Seychelles  .species  bears  apparently  8-9  bristles, 
while  acasta  has  ,5-0." 

SuBFAM.  TRICHOGRAMMINAE. 
Gen.  Centrobia  Forster. 
91.  Centrobia  mabensis  Kieffer. 
Hanc  speciem,  adhuc  ineditam,  cl.  Kieffer  descripsit  {vide  p.  130). 


^^Crxrcr::^:^^:^^ 


SuBFAM.  MYMARINAE. 
Gen.  Gonatocerus  Nees. 
(Rachistus  Forster). 
92.  Gonatocerus  silhouettae,  sp.  n.  (fig.  73). 

Femina.  Corpore  nigro,  abdominis  dimidio  basali  et  apice  obscure  ochraeeis, 

dorseUo,  antennis,  praeter  scapi  latus  dor.sale  ac  ventrale  nigricantia,  trochanteri- 

bus,  femoribus  basi,  genubus,   femoribus  anticis   etiam   dimidio   toto  apicaii, 

flavo-griseis  ;  tibiis  fuscis  ;  tars^is 
tibiis  concoloribus  at  apicem  ver- 
sus magis  infuscatis  ;  alls  dilute 
brunneo-flavidis,  nervis  pijisque 
flavo-fuscis. 

Caput  thorace  parum  latius, 
oculis  glabris,  setis  duabus  brevi- 
bus  in  linea  oculari,  genis  minu- 
tissime  reticulatis,  areolis  parum 
elongatis.  Antennarum  radicula 
2/ .5  scapi  longitudinis  aequans, 
pedicellus  1/2  vix  superans,  pyri- 
formis ;  funiculi  articuli  sensim 
latiores,  duo  primi  pedicello  bre- 
viores,  tertius  huic  subaequalis, 
reliqui  sensim  longiores,  breviter, 
anguste,  pedunculati,  octavus 
latitudine  sua  duplo  longior  ;  clava 
etiam  breviter  pedunculata,  indi- 
visa,  articulis  duobus  et  dimidio 
praecedentibus  aequilonga,  quam 

praeclava  parum  magis    quam  sesquilatior,  forma  oblonga,  apice  liaud  acuto, 

pube  brevissima,  vix  conspicua,  sat  dense  vestita. 

Scutum  atque  scutellum  sculptura  reticulata,  areolis  in  dimidio  anteriore 

scuti  fere  linearibus,  brevibus  ac  contiguis,  in  dimidio  posteriore  multo  maioribus, 

oblongis,  verum  ad  scutelli  suturam  subrotundis. 

Proalae  setis  fimbriae  ante  dimidium  marginis  anterioris  et  in  parte  dimidia 

externa  marginis  posterioris,  maximis,  at  1/4  alae  latitudinis  baud  superantibus. 

Alae  metathoracis  pedunculo  1/5  totius  longitudinis  formante,  latitudine  in  1/3 

apicali    1/25   longitudinis,    setis    lateris    anterioris    huic  latitudini   aequahbus, 

posterioris  tripldSlrel  paullo  amplius  longioribus. 


Fio.  ^3.  -Qonalocerua  silhouetlae,  $. 

1,  antenna;  2,  3,  alae;  Cx  45).    Pj!i in  superlicie proalae  non 


sunt  delineati. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  229 

Femora  ad  medium  crassiora.  Calcar  pedis  antici  spinulosum,  articulus 
tarsalis  primus  secundo  sesquilongior,  strigili  toto  spatio  instructus.  Tarsi 
posteriores  articulo  primo  secundo  sesquilongiore. 

Abdomen  thoraci  aequilongum,  petiolo  transverso,  terebra  fere  ad  basim 
egrediente. 

Long.  0,8  mm. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  :    Mare  aux  Cochons. 

Specimen  unicum. 

Gen.  Polynema  Haliday. 
93.  Polynema  seychellense,  sp.  n.  (fig.  74). 

Mas.  Niger,  ocellis  ferrugineis,  scapo  ac  pedicello  flavis,  antennae  articulis 
reliquis  flavescenti-fuscis  ;  abdominis  petiolo,  alarum  nervis  pedibusque  cum 
coxis  flavo-griseis,  tarsis,  absque  articulo  apicali  brunneo,  pallidioribus  ;  proalis 
ante  medium  longitudinis  fascia  leniter  fumata  ornatis. 

Caput  parum  thorace  latius  ;  vertice  antice  viso  baud  curvato,  de  latere 
inspect©  angulatim  plicato,  plica  marginem  superiorem  capitis  formante  ;  ocellis 
externis  in  huius  extremitatibus 
prope  orbitas  locatis,  ocello  medio 
in  decKvitato  anteriore  et  setis  sex, 
baud   ercctis,    eircumdato,    quarum  I 

duae  infra  vergentes,  binae  laterales  ;  ////////f^^^ii^ 

occipite  sulcis  duobus  ab  ocellis  ad  /////0&^f^^^^^^ 

foramen     magnum     productis     im-  ///22**^-^''- -V-V'--.-/^^^= 

presso  ;    oculis   glabris,    orbitis  late         --^         ,  /J/^MBM' '-. '.'  <i:~.--.-.-/-^^^^ 
marginatis  ;  antennis  corpori  aequi-  ~~~~~-=--c^S^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

longis,    margini    orbitali   contiguis,  _  ^^^^^^w^vw^^^j^^ 

pedicello  brevi,  articulis  sequentibus  2 

aequalibus,  latitudine  Sesquilongiori-  ^'°-  74.-Po;2/«ema  seychellense,  <J. 

,.,,..  .  .  1,  antenua;  2,  proala;  (X  45). 

bus,  isthmo   brevissimo   coniunctis, 

apice  truncatis,  pilis  brevibus  instructis,  ultimo  forma  ovali,  extremitate  obtuso. 

Dorsum  superne  inspectum  scapularum  sulcis  conspicuis.  subrectis  ;  scuto 
convexiusculo,  latitudine  sesquilongiore  et  margine  antico  fortiter  curvato  ; 
scapulis  sat  magnis,  scutello  subelliptico  quam  scuto  fere  sesquilongiore  atque 
manifeste  latiore. 

Superficies  capitis  et  thoracis  polita,  etiam  si  100  diam.  magnificata, 
sculptura  nulla. 

Proalarum  fimbria  setis  apicis  2/5  earum  latitudinis,  setis  in  parte  postica 
exteriore  3/5  aequantibus.  Alae  metathoracis  antice  setis  instructae  earum 
latitudini  aequalibus,  postice  triplo  longioribus. 

Calcar  tibiae  anticae  pilis  nonnullis  brevissimis  instructum,  tibiae  mediae 
atque  posticae  harum  latitudine  baud  longius,  glabrum,  apice  acutum,  subrectum, 
at  latere  exteriore  manifeste  curvato.  Articulus  basalis  tarsi  antici  strigili 
munitus,  idem  tarsorum  posteriorum  longitudinem  secundi  tertiique  aequans, 
articuli  tres  ultimi  subaequales. 

Abdominis  petiolus  tenuis,  coxis  posticis  aequilongus. 

Abdomen  globosum,  longitudine  dimidium  thoracis  paullum  superans  et 
huius  latitudinem  aequans. 


230     '  XOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

Long.  0,66  mm. 

Habitat.  Silhouette  :    apud  Mare  aux  Cochons  ("high  jungle"). 

Specimen  unicum. 


EINE   NEUE  TRICHOGRAMMIDE   VON   DEN    SEYCHELLEN   INSELN. 
BESCHRIEBEN   VON   PROF.   DR.    J.   J.    laEFFER    (BITSCH).* 

Centrobia  mahensis,  n.  sp.  (fig.  75). 

(J.  Hellgelb,  Abdomen  schwarzbraun.  Augen  unbehaart,  langer  als  die 
Wangen,  Ocellen  einen  sehr  flachen  Bogen  bildend  ;  Mandibeln  wenigstens  so 
breit  wie  lang,  fast  viereckig,  am  abge.stutzten  Ende  mit  drei  kleinen  Zahnen, 
Maxillarpalpen  eingliedrig,  walzenformig,  sehr  diinn,  mit  einer  Endborste, 
welche  langer  als  das  Glied  selbst  ist  ;  Labialpalpen  durch  eine  Papille 
ersetzt.  Antenne  6-gliediig,  unterhalb  der  Augenbasis  entspringend  ;  1.  Glied 
vom  Grunde  bis  zur  Spitze  allmahlich  verdickt,  langer  als  die  drei  folgenden 
zusammen  ;  2.  Glied  walzenfonnig,  kaum  langer  als  dick,  ebenso  dick  wie 
das  1.  ;  das  3.  fast  halbkuglig,  proximal  etwas  schmaler  als  das  2.  ;  4.-6. 
zusammen  eine  langliche,  zugespitzte  Keule  bildend,  welche  wenig  kiirztr  und 
wenig  dicker  als  das  1.  Glied  ist,  und  sparliche,  wenig  abstehende  Haaro 
tragt,  deren  Lange  der  Eicke  der  Keule  gleichkommt, 
1.  und  2.  Glied  kaum  quer,  das  keglige  Endglied  langer 
als  breit,  die  Trennung  zwischen  den  drei  Keulengliedern 
wenig  deuthch.  Thorax  ziemlich  flach,  gleichbreit,  um 
die  Halfte  langer  als  das  Abdomen,  mit  dem  er,  in  seiner 
ganzen  Breite,  verbunden  ist  ;  Pronotum  schmal,  bogig, 
weit  vor  den  Tegulae  aufhorend  ;  Mesonotum  nach 
Fig.  15.— Centrobia  hinten  verschmalert  und  abgestutzt,  langer  als  breit,  so 
(J   J  Kieffe'r  deU  ^B^ng  wie  das  Scutellum  und  das  Metanotum  zusammen. 

1,  Antenne;  2.  Toraeriiugc).  Voiderfliigcl  am  Distalende  breit  abgerundet,  und 
bewimpert,  in  der  proximalen  Halfte  allmahlich  und  stark 
verschmalert  und  kahl,  in  der  distalen  Halfte  mit  Langsreihen  kleiner  Borsten  ; 
Marginalis  lang  und  breit ;  Stigmatica  lang  und  breit,  halb  so  lang  wie  die 
Marginalis  aber  breiter,  schwach  bogig,  distal  von  der  Fliigelmitte  liegend, 
Hinterfliigel  sehr  schmal.  fast  linealformig,  distal  zugespitzt,  im  proximalen 
Drittel,  am  Vorderrande,  bis  zu  den  zwei  Frenalhiickchen  ausgeschnitten,  mit 
drei  Langsreihen  von  Wimpern,  die  mittlere  Reihe  aus  kleinen  Borsten  bestehend, 
die  vordere,  nahe  am  Vorderrand  des  Fliigels,  mit  langeren  Borsten,  die  hintere 
am  Hinterrand,  mit  sehr  langen  Wimpern,  welche  fast  doppelt  so  lang  wie  die 
Fliigelbreite  sind.  An  den  4  Vorderbeinen  sind  die  Tibien  kaum  dicker  als 
die  Tarsen  und  wenig  diinner  als  die  Femora ;  an  den  zwei  Hinterbeinen 
sind  die  Femora  und  die  Tibien  stark  verdickt,  etwa  3  mal  so  dick  wie  die 
Tarsen,  die  Femora  am  dicksten  in  der  Mitte,  die  Tibien  vom  Grunde  bis  zum 
Distalende  allmahlich  dicker  ;  Tarsus  so  lang  wie  die  Tibien,  die  3  Glieder 
ilesselben  etwa  gleichlang,  3  mal  so  lang  wie  dick  ;  Krallen  einfach.  Abdomen 
ziemlich  flacli  gedriickt.     Lange  :    0,5  mm. 

Vorkommen.     Seychellen.     JIahe:    "Cascade  Estate,  about  800-1,500  ft., 
1909." 

•  See  p.  121  (footnote).     Figs.  75,  1  and  2,  are  probably  to  be  regarded  as  diagrammatic. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGKAE    XXIV.    1917.  231 

ON  SOME  APPAEENTLY  NEW   NOTODONTIBAE 
By  lord   ROTHSCHILD,   F.R.S.,    Ph.D. 

1.  Spatalia  aifinis  spec.  iiov. 

?.  Similar  to  plusiata  Walk.,  but  much  darker. 

Differs  from  plusiata  on  the  forewings  in  the  colour  bemg  deep  black-brown 
not  chocolate,  in  the  silver  T  and  stigmatic  grille  bsing  larger  and  farther  away 
and  not  fusing  with  pale  area  of  forewing,  in  the  brown  apical  quadrate  patch 
extending  farther  back  into  the  pale  area,  and  in  the  hindwings  havuig  the 
basal  two-thirds  pale  buff  and  outer  one-third  only  dull  brown. 

Length  of  forewing  :  30  mm.     Expanse :  68  mm. 

Habitat.  Upper  Aroa  River,  British  New  Guhiea,  March  1903  (A.  S.  Meek), 
2  $?. 

2.  Spatalia  indistincta  spec.  nov. 

2.  Nearly  related  to  laticostalis  Hmpsn.  but  paler. 

Differs  in  the  pale  area  of  the  forewuig  being  less  well  defined  arid  variegated 
with  small  streaks  and  clouded  spots,  and  there  is  a  pale  spot  in  the  dark  apical 
patch  ;  the  dark  portion  of  the  forewing  is  paler  and  clouded  with  pale  violet. 
Hmdwing  is  much  paler  brown. 

Length  of  forewing  :  24  mm.     Expanse  :  56  mm. 

Habitat.   TownsvUle,  North  Queensland  (Dodd),    1   ?. 

3.  Naprepa  fusconubilata  spec.  nov. 

Nearest  to  fle.vifera  Schaus,  but  has  shorter  and  broader  wings. 

(J.  Forewing  much  less  rufous,  the  outer  one-third  obliquely  clouded  and 
streaked  with  greenish  grey,  the  two  obliquely  vertical  white  spots  above  vein 
1  absent  and  replaced  by  a  longitudinal  white  line  on  vein  1,  the  oblique  zigzag 

dark  band  of  forewing  less  distinct. Hindwings  rufous  wood-brown  not  dark 

rufous  chestnut,  the  white  and  black  ocellate  spot  above  tornus  enclosed  in 
a  grey  irrorated  patch,  the  lighter  postmedian  line  longer  and  more  evenly 
curved.     Thorax  dark  chocolate  ivithout  whitish  tufts. 

?.  Similar,  but  much  larger,  and  has  a  large  whitish  tuft  on  first  abdominal 
segment. 

Length  of  forewing :  <?  41  mm.,  $  62  mm.     Expanse :  3  92  mm.,  ?  136  mm. 

Habitat.  Las  Quignas,  near  San  Esteban,  Venezuela  (S.  M.  Klages)  ;  San 
Esteban,  Venezuela,  July  1909  (S.  M.  Klages)  (type,  (J  San  Esteban),  2  (J<J,  1  ?. 

4.  Naprepa  adusta  spec.  nov. 

?.  Resembles  nothing  else  in  the  genus,  but  nearest  to  pulcheria  Druce. 

Antennae  brown  ;  head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  huffish  cinnamon,  a  darker 
median  line  on  patagia. 

Forewing  huffish  cmnamon  suffused  with  rusty  brown,  giving  the  appear- 
ance of   having  been  scorched,    this   burnt   appearance   being    much  stronger 


232  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

on  the  outer  half  of  the  wing  ;  median  three-fifths  of  costal  area  and  for  part 
of  cell  creamy  greyish  buff  ;  a  sinuate  postmedian  line  of  black  dots  and  a 
black  dot  under  base  of  vein  2  ;  lobe  of  inner  margin  hardly  produced  ;  in 
outer  two-thuds  of  wing  are  a  number  of  dark  striae  reaching  from  apex  of 
cell  and  median  nervure  to  termen. Hindwing  huffish  cinnamon,  a  post- 
median  sinuate  band  consisting  of  an  inner  portion  darker  than  rest  of  wing 
and  an  outer  one  paler  ;  a  brownish  patch  at  tornus  and  traces  of  dark 
half-moons  along  margin. 

Length  of  forewing  :  40  mm.     Expanse  :   87  mm. 

Habitat.  Tinguri,  Carabaya,  South-east  Peru,  3,400  ft.,  August  1904  (G. 
Ockenden),  1  $. 

5.  Antiora  aflSnis  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Differs  from  A.  subrufula  Walk,  in  the  wings  being  shorter  and  broader. 
The  forewings  appear  darker  and  more  maroon,  owing  to  the  reduction  of  the 
grey  irroration  ;  the  white  stigma  and  postmedian  transverse  band  are  absent ; 
between  veins  2  and  4  is  a  postmedian  ill-defined  cloudy  whitish  patch. 

The  hindwings  differ  m  being  quite  black  and  having  a  median  cloudy 
whitish  patch. 

Below  entirely  black,  and  the  cloudy  whitish  patches  on  fore-  and  hindwings 
much  more  sharply  defined  and  whiter. 

Length  of  forewing  :  19  mm.     ExpaiLse  :  43  mm. 

Habitat  ?. 

6a.  Cargida  pyrrha  intensa  subsp.  nov. 

Differs  from  pyrrha  pyrrha  m  being  much  darker  and  in  the  pattern  being 
much  more  strongly  marked. 

Habitat.  Nogales,  Arizona,  July  1903  (Oslar),  4  <Jc?,  1  ?. 

7.  Nystalea  nigriplaga  spec.  nov. 

?.  Nearest  to  idonea  WaUi. 

Antennae  dark  brown  ;  frons  and  palpi  wood-buff,  vertex  sooty  grej'  ;  the 
two  tufts  at  base  of  antennae,  the  tegulae,  and  patagia  sooty  blackish  grey 
edged  with  huffish,  the  rest  of  thorax  and  abdomen  dark  wood-grey  slightly 
variegated  with  bufif. 

Forewing  dark  blackish  wood-brown  variegated  all  over  with  huffish  and 
rusty  brown-buff,  which  on  costa  consists  of  bent  streaks  in  basal  three-fifths 
and  of  square  dots  on  outer  one-fifth.  A  black  round  velvety  stigma  ringed 
with  huffish  on  lower  corner  of  discocellulars  with  a  dark  rufous  spot  above 
it  and  a  dull  sooty  black  quadrate  spot  behind  it  ;  an  oblong  sooty  black 
patch  extends  obliquely  from  end  of  cell  to  termen,  in  this  patch  is  an  oblique 
buff  streak  and   some   indications   of   huffish  dots  ;   a  row  of  black  chevrons 

on  margin  and  fringe  of  termen. Huidwings  sooty  black-brown ;  basal  half 

suffused  with  buff  ;    fringe  and  abdominal  margin  buff. 

Length  of  forewing  :  42  mm.     Expanse  :  92  mm. 

Habitat.  La  Oroya,  Rio  Inambari,  South-east  Peru,  3,100  ft.,  December 
1905  (G.  Ockenden),  1  ?  type  ;  1  ?  Santo  Domingo,  Carabaya,  6,500  ft., 
December  1902  (G.  Ockenden). 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917.  233 

8.  Nystalea  cossoides  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Nearest   to   griz^nani   Schaus. 

Antennae  black-brown  ;  head  and  tegulae  deep  chestnut  ;  thorax  silvery 
grey  and  deep  chestnut  mixed  with  a  pale  chestnut  tuft  on  hind  edge  ;  abdomen 
dark  wood-brown,  last  segment  and  anal  tuft  cinnamon. 

Forewing  clouded  mouse-grey,  the  central  three-fifths  suffused  with  brown, 
a  basal  chestnut  patch  on  upper  half  of  wing  ;  a  convex  curved  double  trans- 
verse line,  inwardly  dull  chestnut,  outwardly  black,  a  similar  double  sinuous 
postmedian  line,  but  with  the  inner  part  black  and  outer  chestnut  ;  in  between 
these  two  transverse  bands  are  a  number  of  short  and  irregular  black  hair-lines 
and  rings,  and  some  grey  patches  in  the  browner  ground-colour  ;    some  black 

subapical  hair-streaks  and  a  black  crenulated  terminal  line. Hindwing  :  basal 

two-thirds  greyish,  somewhat  thinly  scaled  and  hyaline,  outer  one-third  sooty 
black-brown,  fringe  white. 

Length  of  forewing  :  23  mm.     Expanse :  52  mm. 

Habitat.  Santo  Domingo,  Carabaya,  South-east  Peru,  6,000  ft.  (G.  Ockenden), 

1    cJ. 

9.  Nystalea  zeuzeroides  spec  nov. 

cj.  Nearest  to  discalis  Schaus. 

Antennae  dark  brown  ;  palpi  buii"  at  the  upturned  third  joint,  rest  streaked 
grey  and  chestnut  ;  head,  antennal  tuft,  and  tegulae  deep  bright  chestnut ; 
basal  half  of  patagia  roan-grey,  rest  of  patagia  and  thorax  bright  maroon-brown  ; 
abdomen  brown  witli  mauve  tinge. 

Forewing  silvery  mouse-grey  variegated  with  a  large  number  of  sinuate 
and  zigzag  transverse  lines  of  different  widths  of  bright  brown,  wood-brown 
or  whitish  ;  at  end  of  cell  is  a  stigma  of  dark  grey  surrounded  by  a  brown  line, 

a  postdiscal  dark  brown  streak  on  subcostal. Hindwings  dark  brown,  basal 

two-thirds  variegated  with  some  huffish  clouding. 

Length  of  forewing  :  29  mm.    Expanse  :  66  mm. 

Habitat  :   Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  May  1906  (S.  M.  Klages),  0  cJcJ. 

10.  Nystalea  ocellata  spec.  nov. 

(J  ?.  Antennae  brown  serrated  with  pale  rusty  teeth  ;  head  yellowish  cinna- 
mon rufous  ;  antennal  tufts  short,  some  colour  ;  tegulae  and  base  of  patagia 
cinnamon  rufous,  some  of  the  hau's  tipped  with  violaceous  grey  ;  rest  of  patagia 
and  thorax  violaceous  brown  tipped  with  grey  and  mauve  ;  abdomen  wood 
grey-brown,  a  chestnut  tuft  on  first  segment. 

Forewing  liver-brown  with  a  series  of  streaks  on  costa,  some  chestnut, 
others  brown,  buff,  or  mauve,  and  some  darker  and  paler  transverse  crenulate 
shadow-lines  on  basal  half  of  wing  ;  a  median  basal  black  spot  and  a  similar 
larger  one  on  vein  1  ;  beyond  the  cell  is  a  broad  band  from  costa  to  median 
vein,  the  inner  half  of  this  band  is  half  rufous,  half  black,  the  outer  half  rufous 
with  two  marginal  sUvery-mauve  lines  and  between  these  lines  powdered  with 
silvery  mauve  ;  this  band  is  followed  by  three  or  four  crenulate  angled  dark 
lines  variegated  with  streaks  and  freckles  of  silvery  mauve  and  blue  ;  a  subapical 
velvety  black  spot  surrounded  by  a  buff  and  speckled  area  giving  somewhat  the 
effect  of  an  ocellus  ;   a  submarginal  row  of  slate-blue  somewhat  ocellated  dots. 


234  NOTITATKS    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

Hindwing :    basal    half   dirty   buff   suffused  with    earth-brown,  outer  half 

earth-brown. 

Length  of  forewing  :  21-25  mm.     Expanse  :  47-56  mm. 

Habitat.  La  Oroya,  Rio  Inambari,  South-east  Peru,  3,100  ft.,  December  1905 
(G.  Ockenden),  5  S<3,  type  ;  Rio  Demerara,  British  Guiana,  IS,  1  ?• 

II.  Bardaxima  molossus  spec.  nov. 

S.  Antennae  bro-wn  ;  palpi,  head,  tegulae,  and  centre  of  thorax  daik 
chocolate-brown  ;  a  small  tuft  ot  buffy-yellow  haii-  below  antennae  ;  patagia 
very  large  olive-grey,  pale  grey  at  base  ;   abdomen  wood-brown. 

Forewing  :  basal  two-fifths  greyish  wood-brown  densely  strigillated  and 
suffused  with  darker  brown  ;  a  median  slightly  curved  double  black-brown 
transverse  line,  two  blackish  dots  in  median  fold  in  basal  one-fifth  ;  outer  three- 
fifths  wood-gi-ey  strigillated  with  yellowish  brown  and  dark  brown  ;  the  striae 
in  some  places  so  arranged  as  to  form  transverse  bands  more  or  less  distinct  ; 
outer  one-fifth  of  costa  with  double  excision  ;  a  large  chestnut  subapical  patch. 
Hindwing  greyish  wood-brown,  fringe  buff". 

Length  of  forewing:   31  mm.     Expanse:    73  mm. 

Habitat.  Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  May  1906  (S.  JI.  Klages),  1   o. 

12.  Bardaxima  castaneobrunnea  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  red-brown  ;  head  and  thorax  deep  chocolate-rufous  ;  abdo- 
men similar  but  washed  with  black. 

Forewing  bright  rufous  chocolate,  suffused  here  and  there  with  purplish 
mauve  ;  a  number  of  crenulate  streaks  and  spots  more  or  less  indistinct  rufous 
cinnamon  ;    a  rufous  cinnamon  stigma  at  apex  of  cell  containing  two  black 

lunules  ;  a  large  round  ocellate  subapical  patch  blackish  chocolate. Hindwings 

blackish  chocolate-brown. 

Length  of  forewmg  :  20  mm.     Expanse :    46  mm. 

Habitat.   Rio  Demerara,  British  Guiana,  1   S<S. 

13.  Eragisa  basifera  spec  nov. 

(J.  Anteimae  brown  ;  head  and  thorax  mossy  green-grey  ;  abdomen  mouse- 
grey  suffused  with  pinkish  cinnamon. 

Forewing  mossy  green-grey,  a  dull  chestnut  broad  subbasal  transverse 
band  edged  outwardly  by  a  triple  black  line,  the  outermost  line  being  interrupted 

postmedian  and    submaiginal  lines    of   white  spots. Hindwing  cream-buff 

abdominal  area  brownish  buff  ;  termen  and  tornus  suffused  with  cinnamon. 

Length  of  forewmg  :   23  mm.     Expanse :    52  mm. 

Habitat.  Potaro,  British  Guiana,  February— June  1908  (S.  M.  Klages), 
6  S3  ;  Aroewarwa  Creek,  Maroe\\ym  Valley,  Surinam,  May  1905  (S.  M.  Klages), 
2  (J(J ;  La  Union,  Rio  Huacamayo,  Carabaya,  South-east  Peru,  2,000  ft., 
December  1904  (G.  Ockenden),  Z   <SS.     Type,  Potaro. 

13a;.  Eragisa  tenebrosa  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  strongly  pectinated  sooty  black  ;  head  deep  blackish  chocolate  ; 
thorax  blackish  chocolate  mixed  with  rufous  chocolate  ;  abdomen  dirty  brown- 
buff  at  base  and  on  sides  of  fii-st  four  segments. 


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Forewing  deep  blackish  chocolate  sufifused  with  a  slaty  purple  bloom  from 
a  dusting  of  bluish  scales,  a  number  of  more  or  less  distinct  transverse  crenulate 
and  waved  lines  of  black  spots  and  lunules  ;    a  buff  stigma  outlined  in  black. 

Hindwing  sooty  brown,  basal  one-third  and  abdominal  area  suffused  and 

mixed  with  buff  ;   a  rusty  buff  broken  line  in  fringe. 

Length  of  forewing  :    33  mm.     Expanse :    75  mm. 

Habitat.   Chiriqui,  Panama,  1  tj. 

14a.  Crinodes  striolata  fuscipennis  subsp.  nov. 

tS  ?.  Differ  from  striolata  striolata  from  Brazil  m  their  darker  duller  forewings 
and  in  the  hindwings  being  uniform  grey-brown,  not  variegated  with  buff. 

Habitat.  Venezuela  and  Costa  Rica  and  Peru  (tj'pe  3,  Tinguri,  Carabaya, 
South-east  Peru,  August  1904,  G.  Ockenden),   10  specimens. 

146.  Crinodes  striolata  insularis  subsp.  nov. 

<J  ?.  Differ  from  striolata   strioUiia    in    being  suffused  with  dark  brownish 
cinnamon  which  gives  it  a  washed-out  appearance. 
Habitat.   Trmidad,  10  specimens. 

15.  Crinodes  schausi  spec.  nov. 

Mr.  W.  Schaus  was  the  fii\st  to  point  out  that  the  insect  figured  by  Huebner 
as  the  $  of  hLs  beskei  was  a  distinct  species  which  he  named  striolata  but  Mr. 
Schaus  lumped  together  under  the  name  of  striolata  specimens  with  striolated 
forewings  and  without ;  considering  the  non-striolated  $$  to  be  the  $?  of  his 
striolata.  However,  I  have  a  big  series  of  the  non-striolated  form  containing 
both  SS  and  $9,  and  I  consider  it  a  good  species. 

(J  ?.  Differ  from  ritsimae  in  the  rufous  chocolate  not  sooty  black-brown 
colour,  in  the  long  narrow  not  short  kidney-shaped  stigma  and  which  is  not 
buff,  in  the  more  striated  baso-costal  region  of  forewing,  and  in  the  longer  and 
narrower  pale  wedge  on  inner  margin. 

Habitat.  Mexico  and  Costa  Rica,  57  specimens. 

16a.  Lepasta  bractea  gigantea  subsp.  nov. 

(J  ?.  Much  larger  than  bractea  bractea,  and  much  more  sooty  grey  without 
any  trace  of  cinnamon. 

Length  of  forewing,  bractea  bractea,  <?  19  mm.,  $  21  mm. ;  expanse,  <?  43  mm., 
5  47  mm. 

Length  of  forewing,  bractea  gigantea,  o  26  mm.,  ?  26  mm. ;  expanse,  J  58  mm., 
?  58  mm. 

Habitat.  Santo  Domingo,  Carabaya,  6,500  ft.,  December  1902  (G.  Ockenden), 
1  ?  (type)  ;  La  Union,  Rio  Huacamayo,  2,000  ft.,  November  1904  (G.  Ockenden), 
1   c7. 

17.  Tachida  cossula  spec.  nov. 

(J  ?.  Antennae  brown  ;  liead  and  tegulae  dark  cmnamon  suffused  with 
sooty  grey  ;    rest  of  thorax  variegated  with  various  shades  of  grey. 

Forewing  mauve-grey  clouded  with  various  band-like  suffusions  of  brown 


236  NOVIIATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

and  grey ;  an  indistinct  subbasal  band  black  and  rufous  ;  a  double  crenulate 
antemedian  band  inwardly  buffish,  outwardly  black  ;  a  pale  stigma  with  dark 
grey  centre,  a  heavy  velvety  black  postmedian  band  slightly  angled  or  rather 
projecting  at  vein  3 ;  beyond  this  an  indistinct  »inuate  crenulate  and  interrupted 

line,   and  a    black    terminal   hair-line. Hind«ii5gs   dirty   white,    huffish   on 

abdominal  area,  a  brown  marginal  line  somewhat  spreading  into  wing. 

Length  of  forewing  :  20  ram.     Expanse :   46  mm. 

Habitat.  Buenavista,  East  Bolivia,  750  m.  =  2,438  ft.,  August  1906— 
April  1907  (J.  Steinbach),  2  5?  ;  Santo  Antonio  do  Javary,  Upper  Amazons, 
June  1907  (S.  M.  Klages),  6  cJcJ.  (These  3S  have  much  less  conspicuous  ante- 
median  bands,  but  are  not  fresh.) 

18.  Dyasia  stigmatica  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  orange-brown  ;  head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  purplish  sooty 
black-brown. 

Forewing  purplish  sooty  brown  ;  basal  one-third  with  scattered  rusty  striae 
joined  to  velvety  black  ditto  ;  these  on  the  outer  edge  of  this  part  of  wmg 
conglomerated  to  form  a  rather  ill-defined  broad  antemedian  rufous  band  con- 
taining black  spots  ;  outer  two-thirds  with  hardly  any  of  these  striae,  an  oblique 
postmedian  line  of  rufous  spots  with  black  centres  ;    a  large  subapical  rust-red 

patch  like  a  brand  in  the  centre  of  which  is  a  broad  brown-black  band. 

Hindwings  dirty  white  ;  costal  and  abdominal  areas  dirty  grey  ;  termen  greyish. 

Length  of  forewing  :  25  mm.     Expanse :   57  mm. 

Habitat.  Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  May  1906  (S.  M.  Klages),  1  <?. 

19.  Dyasia  melanoleuca  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  brown  ;  head  purplish  blackish  chocolate  ;  thorax  dirty 
white ;    abdomen  brownish  buffy  grey  ;    basal  segment  whitish  ;   anal  tuft  buff. 

Forewing  purplish  sooty  black-brown,  paler  on  outer  one-third  ;  basal  one- 
seventh  obliquely  pure  white  ;  dark  portion  of  basal  two-thirds  of  wing  crossed 
by  a  lot  of  very  indistinct  crenulate  lines  of  dots,  a  more  distinct  postmedian 
double  curved  band  of  such  spots  ;    costa  spotted  with'  dark  spots,  two  larger 

round  black  subapical  spots  obliquely  placed  ;  a  black  spot  above  vein  2. 

Hindwing :  abdominal  two-thirds  white,  costo-terminal  one-third  dirty  sooty 
brown. 

Length  of  forewing  :  15  mm.     Expanse  :  34  mm. 

Habitat.  St.  Jean  de  Maroni,  French  Guiana,  3  (JcJ. 

20.  Dyasia  pimctata  spec  nov. 

tJ.  Antennae  brown  ;  head  and  thorax  cinnamon-brown  ;  abdomen  yeUowLsh 
wood-grey ;  a  black  round  spot  on  anal  segment. 

Forewing  mauve  pinkish  cinnamon  clouded  with  band-like  clouduigs  of 
brown  and  with  numerous  streaks  and  speckluigs  ;  a  round  black  subbasal  spot 
in  median  fold,  a  blurred  blackish  broad  antemedian  black-brown  band  foDowed 
by  a  somewhat  curved  line  of    different-sized  black  spots  ;    a  postmedian  line 

of  black  spots  ;   two  large  subapical  black  spots  and  one   about  vein  3. 

Hindwing  wood-brown,  basal  two-thirds  washed  with  buff ;  fringe  buff. 

Length  of  forewing  :  26  mm.     Expanse  :  59  mm. 

Habitat.   Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  May  1906  (S.  M.  Klages),  1  (J. 


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21.  Lirimiiis  guatemalensis  spec.  nov. 

(J  ?.  Differs  from  truncata  Herr.-Sch.  in  having  the  head  and  tegulae  dark 
brown  like  the  thorax,  the  antennae  much  darker,  and  tlie  pectinations  longer, 
and  in  the  pale  costal  two-fifths  of  the  forewing  being  white  not  yellow. 

Ler.gth  of  forewing  :  <S  35  mm.,  ?  37  mm.     Expanse :    <S  11  mm.,  ?  81  mm. 

Habitat.  Ciudad  de  Guatemala  (Rodriguez),  2  SS,  1  ?• 

22.  Lirimiris  chimaera  spec.  nov. 

<J.  Allied  to  truncata,  but  at  once  distinguished  by  its  very  long,  narrow, 
and  strongly  curved  forewLngs. 

Antennae  chestnut  rufous  with  enormously  long  pectinations  ;  head  and 
tegulae  cream-buff  ;  rest  of  thorax  deep  chocolate-brown  with  an  olive  tinge 
on  patagia  ;   abdomen  sooty  brown-grey,  segments  5  and  6  paler. 

Forewing  strongly  curved  and  very  narrow  ;  costal  two-fifths  cream-buff, 
a  streak  in  cell  along  median,  outer  one-thiid  of  costal  area,  a  band  below  it, 
and  a  subterminal  band  rust-red  ;   a  few  scattered  rust-red  scales  in  cream-buff 

area ;  rest  of  wing  chocolate-brown  washed  with  olive. Hindwing  dull  white 

tinged  strongly  on  nervures  and  on  abdominal  area  with  dirty  grey,  margin  and 
tornus  rusty  brown. 

Length  of  forewing:  49  mm.;  breadth  at  lobe:  13  mm.  ;  breadth  at 
tornus:  13  mm.     Expanse:  108  mm. 

Habitat.  Santo  Domingo,  Carabaya,  July  1902,  6,000  ft.  (G.  Ockenden), 
1   <S. 

23.  Liiimiiis  lemoiilti  spec.  nov. 

Allied  to  meridionalis  Schaus,  but  much  smaller  and  darker. 

cJ.  Antennae  deep  brown  heavily  pectinated  ;  head  wood-buff  ;  thorax 
olive  wood-brown  ;  tegulae  sprinkled  with  huffish  grey  ;  abdomen  dark  wood- 
brown. 

Forewing  deep  wood-brown  grained  and  striated  similar  to  wood  ;  basal 
one-sixth  much  paler  and  with  two  chevron-like  double  marks,  a  large  irregular 
stigma  outlined  with  white,  an  irregular  ill-defined  postmedian  double  row  of 
evanescent  dusky  spots,  some  black  and  white  streaks  on  inner  margin,  an 
oblique  ill-defined  pale  patch  from  costa  to  antemarginal  white  line  divided  in 
middle  by  dark  streak,  an  antemarginal  curved  and  minute  white  line  followed 

by  two   white  and  black   crenulate  submarginal  hair-lines.- Hindwing  sooty 

brown,  a  postmedian  pale  band  indicated  and  a  series  of  pale  and  black  bands 
round  and  on  tornus. 

Length  of  forewing  :  25-26  mm.     Expanse :  56-58  mm. 

Habitat.  St.  Jean  de  Maroni,  French  Guiana. 

[Lirimiris  elongata  Schaus  and  L.  euribya  (Druce). 

Mr.  Schaus  has  united  these  two  insects  as  the  same  species,  but  they  are 
really  two  very  distinct  species.  L.  euribya  is  much  smaller  and  has  the  costa 
much  straighter,  i.e.  much  less  convex.  The  basal  two-thuds  of  the  forewings 
are  orange-cinnamon  and  the  outer  one-third  cinnamon-buff,  while  in  elongata 
the  basal  half  of  the  forewing  is  greyish  wood-brown,  the  outer  half  being  wood- 


238  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

grey  with  a  huffish  tinge.  Moreover,  within  the  last  two  years  both  species 
have  been  bred  by  the  Rev.  MUes  JIoss  at  Para,  and  the  larvae  are  totally 
different  and  feed  on  quite  different  trees. 

Length  of  forewing,  elongata,   S  38-45  mm.     Expanse,  83-98  mm. 
„  etiribya,    q   28-36  mm.     Expanse,   62-78  mm. 

,,  „  elongata,   ?  48-58  mm.     Expanse,   105-127  mm.] 

23  bis  a.  Lirimiris  elongata  postpallida  subsp.  nov. 

(J.  Differs  from  elongata  elongata  from  Peru  in  its  almost  white  hindwings, 
and  the  forewings  being  less  grey,  more  suffused  with  pale  buff. 
Habitat.  Costa  Rica,  Tuis  (W.  Schaus). 

23  bis  h.  Lirimiris  elongata  orientalis  subsp.  nov. 

(J.  Differs  from  e.  elongata  in  having  the  forewings  suffused  with  brownish 
buff,  and  the  hindwings,  although  dark  brown  as  in  e.  elongata,  also  show  a  more 
yellowish  tone. 

Habitat.  Potaro,  British  Guiana,  February  1908  (S.  M.  Klages)  ;  Omai, 
British  Guiana  ;  British  Guiana  bought  at  Georgetown  (Rev.  IVIr.  Whitford) 
(type)  ;  St.  Jean  de  Maroni,  French  Guiana  ;  Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons, 
September  1906  (S.  M.  Klages).     9  specimens  in  all. 

24.  Lirimiris  mirabilis  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  strongly  pectinated  amber-brown  ;  head  and  thorax  buff  ; 
abdomen  sooty  grey-black ;  last  segment  and  anal  tuft  grey. 

Forewing :  basal  two-fifths  buff  with  some  slightly  darker  marks  ;  a  large 
cream-white  round  spot  in  a  larger  olive-brown  patch  at  end  of  cell,  from  which 
runs  a  broad  cream  band  towards  apex  ;  outer  four-fifths  of  costa  sooty  black, 
extending  into  the  wing  beyond  cell  as  low  as  base  of  vein  5  and  then  narrowing 
again  towards  apex,  a  subapical  chocolate  patch,  rest  of  wing  buff  shaded  some- 
what with  brown,  a  postmedian  doubly  zigzag  line  somewhat  faint  and  shadowy  ; 
between  veins  4  and  6  some  irregular  pale  rufous-brown  patches  and  a  mar- 
ginal band  of  pale  rufous  from  vein  4  to  vein  1  ;  wing  strongly  excised  between 
veins  4  and  1  ;  along  outer  half  of  vein  1  wing  is  sooty  grey. Hindwing  white. 

?.  Similar  but  paler  ;  forewing  less  excised  between  veins  1  and  4  ;  margin 
of  hindwing  slightly  rufous. 

Length  of  forewing  :   37  mm.     Expanse  :    81  mm. 

Habitat.  Pozuzu,  Peru,  900  m.  =  2,925  ft.  (W.  Hoffmann),  1  ^  (type)  ; 
Valencia,  Venezuela,  1  ?. 

25.  Arhacia  postbrunnea  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  shaft  dark  brown,  pectinations  paler  ;  palpi  chocolate  ;  head 
olive-buff  ;  thorax  olive-buff  striped  with  pale  brown,  and  tegulae  ringed  with 
chocolate  ;  abdomen  sooty  black-brown,  anal  tuft  edged  and  suffused  with 
paler  brown. 

Forewing  olive-buff  with  a  chocolate  border  all  round  except  on  basal  one- 
Bixth  of  costa  ;   a  yellow-buff  stigma  with  two  darker  lines  in  it,  a  brown  smear 


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in  median  fold  and  various  streaks  and  smears  of  darker  and  paler  olive-bufiP  on 
disc  ;  an  indistinct  zigzag  postdiscal  brownish  line  and  in  the  chocolate  border 
along   termen  are  two  pinkish  submarginal  hair-lines  and  a  broader  buff  line 

along  inner  side  of  terminal  portion  of  chocolate  border.- Hindwing  sooty 

black-brown ;  basal  two-thirds  of  costal,  one-third  of  wing  and  abdominal  area 
suffused  with  olive-buff ;  two  pinkish  lines  at  tornus. 

Length  of  forewing  :  25  mm.     Expanse  :    56  mm. 

Habitat.  St.  Jean  de  Maroni,  French  Guiana. 

26.  Drugera  pallidiflava  spec.  nov. 

?.  Antennae  pale  brown  ;  head  and  thorax  rusty  buff  mixed  with  grey 
and  brown  hairs  ;  abdomen  yellowish  wood-grey,  an  orange  patch  on  second 
segment. 

Forewing  shining  buii  ;  base  olive-brown,  an  oblique  rather  indistinct 
antemedian  olive-rufous  band  and  curved  concave  broad  postmedian  similar 
band  ;  three  anteapical  rufous-chocolate  spots  on  costa,  which  is  washed  with 
rusty  rufous  ;  a  rufous  interrupted  antemarginal  line,  outer  margin  strongly 
convex. Hindwing  buS  suffused  with  mauve  or  purplii^h  brown. 

Length  of  forewing  :   22  mm.     Expanse  :   49  mm. 

Habitat.  La  Oroya,  Rio  Inambari,  South-east  Peru,  January  1906,  3,100  ft. 
(G.  Ockenden). 

27.  Drugeia  muscosa  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  amber-brown  serrated  deeply  on  one  side,  one-fourth  from 
base  is  a  large  comblike  structure  consisting  of  prolonged  and  widened  teeth, 
first  joint  very  long,  rest  of  antennae  attached  to  first  joint  by  a  flat  tongue  on 
underside  only  ;  head  and  thorax  dark  chocolate-brown  washed  with  olive- 
green  ;    abdomen  cinnamon  chocolate-brown. 

Forewing  blackish  moss-green,  with  subbasal,  antemedian,  median,  three 
postmedian,  and  submarginal  irregular  lines  of    lighter  and  darker  coalescent 

half-moons,  the  submarginal  row  is  greyish  white  inside. Hindwings  cinnamon 

chocolate-brown . 

Length  of  forewing  :   27-29  mm.     Expanse:    61-65  mm. 

Habitat.  Maraval,  Trinidad,  July  1891  (type)  ;  Calama,  Rio  Madeii'a 
(W.  Hoffmanns). 

28.  Psilacron  sericeus  spec.  nov. 

cj.  Antennae  strongly  pectinated,  decreasing  regularly  to  the  apex,  rufous, 
shaft  buff  ;  head  and  thorax  very  shaggy,  cinnamon-chocolate  much  mixed 
with  buff  and  greenish  hairs  ;  abdomen  chocolate-cinnamon,  anal  tuft  buff. 

Forewing  bright  buff  clouded  with  greyish  and  cinnamon,  giving  it  a  greenish 
olivaceous  tinge  ;  costal  area  chocolate-cinnamon  much  shaded  with  buff,  a 
basal  chocolate  line,  a  double  antemedian  band,  upper  half  thick  and  chocolate, 
lower  half  thin  and  grey  ;  a  somewliat  ill-defined  and  hazy  large  wedge-shaped 
patch  of  chocolate  suffused  with  buff  occupies  the  costal  three-fifths  of  disc  of 
wing,  within  which  is  a  large  double  buff  stigma  ;  the  forewing  has  a  strong 
satiny  lustre  and  is  very  thickly  scaled. Hindwing  chocolate-cinnamon. 


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Length  of  forewing :    22  mm.     Expanse;    51  mm. 

Habitat.  4  Huancabamba,  Cerro  de  Pasco,  Peru  (E.  Bottger)  (type)  ;  1 
Oconeque,  Caiabaya,  7,000  ft.,  South-east  Peru,  July  1904  (G.  Ockenden). 

29.  Psilacron  divisa  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  rufous  ;  head  and  thorax  rufous  cinnamon-chestnut  ;  abdomen 
black-brown,  anal  tuft  dull  rufous. 

Forewing  chestnut  cinnamon-rufous  ;  costa  with  oblique  darker  streaks,  a 
number  of  ante-  and  postmedian  lines  of  darker  coalescent  lunules,  a  small  black 
stigmatic  spot,  and  a  yellowish  streak  beyond  cell. Hindwmgs  black-brov\'n. 

Length  of  forewuig  :    16  mm.     Expanse:    36  mm. 

Habitat.  1  Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  May  1906  (S.  M.  Klages)  (type); 
1  La  Union,  Rio  Huacamayo,  South-east  Peru,  2,000  ft.,  November  1904 
(G.  Ockenden). 

30.  Notoplusia  distinguenda  spec.  nov. 

S.  Antennae  brown  ;  head  and  thorax  pale  mauve  suffused  with  red  ; 
abdomen  mauve-brown  with  an  upright  deep  red  tuft  on  first  segment,  and  on 
second  and  third  segments  similar  mauve-brown  tufts  tipped  or  sprinkled  with 
red ;  anal  tuft  large  mauve-brown  tipped  with  dark  brown. 

Forewing :  basal  half  obliquely  dull  brown  tinged  with  mauve,  with  in- 
distinct lines  of  darker  streaks,  and  a  large  dumbbell-shaped  patch  of  apple- 
green  ;  outer  half  cinnamon-mauve,  an  irregular  submarginal  band  of  maroon- 
red  spots,  forked  in  upper  half,  one  patch  on  inner  fork  very  large  ;  termen 

maroon-red. Hindwings  :      basal    half    pale    wood-grey,    outer    half   darker 

brownish  grey. 

?  larger  with  hindwing  all  dark  grey. 

Length  of  forewing  :    S  22  mm.,  ?  26  mm.      Expanse :    S  48  mm.,  $  57  mm. 

Habitat.  2  cjtj,  1  ?,  Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  October  1906  (S.  M. 
Klages)  ;  1  <J,  1  2,  Santo  Antonio  do  Javary,  Upper  Amazons,  May  1907  (S.  M. 
Klages)  ;  1  3,  Allianca  below  San  Antonio,  Rio  Madeua,  November  1907  (W. 
Hoffmanns)  (type)  ;  1   cj,  St.  Jean  de  Maroni,  French  Guiana. 


31.  Trichomoplata  dimorpha  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  amber-brown  ;   head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dirty  greyish  buff. 

Forewuig  semihyaline  dirty  white ;  basal  three-fourths  of  costal  area  and 
basal  half  of  wing  more  heavily  scaled,  dirty  yellowish  grey  clouded,  and  also 
similar  though  much  fainter  cloudings  at  apex  and  along  subtermmal  area,  a 

large  rusty  orange   patch  on   basal   half   of   vein  2. Hindwmg  semihyaline 

white;  costal  and  abdominal  areas  duty  pale  yellowish  grey. 

?.  Much  larger  ;  antennae  rufous  cinnamon  ;  head  and  thorax  huffish 
cmuamon  ;    abdomen  darker. 

Forewuig  huffish  cinnamon  with  indistinct  darker  lines  and  streaks,  central 
part  of  disc  beyond  middle  semihyaline  whitish  with  bands  and  streaks  of  cm- 
namon ;  on  vein  2  is  a  large  blood-red  patch  and  obliquely  below  it  one  of  rusty 
brown,  a  submarginal  curved  double  hair-line  white  and  deep  rufous. Hind- 


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wing  semihyaline  whitish,  more  or  less  thickly  clothed  with  rusty  cinnamon  hairs 
especially  on  abdominal  and  costal  regions. 

Length  of  forewing  :   cj  22  mm..  $  29  mm.     Expanse  :   d  50  mm.,  5  67  mm. 

Habitat.  3  cJeJ,  6  ??,  Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  May  1906  (S.  M.  Klagea) 
(?  type). 

32.  Trichoraoplata  stigmatica  spec.  nov. 

(S.  Antennae  amber-yellow  ;  head  dark  buff  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  rusty 
cinnamon. 

Forewing  rusty  cinnamon,  disc  beyond  middle  semihj'aline,  basal  one-third 
of  wing  washed  with  pale  brown  m  type  and  with  blackish  in  second  specimen  ; 
at  apex  of  cell  a  veniform  black  stigma  with  buff  centre  and  an  orange  spot 

outside    it    distad  ;    a    large    rufous   orange    patch   on    vein   2. Hindwing 

semihyaline  white ;  costal  and  abdominal  areas  densely  clothed  with  cmnamon- 
buff  hairs. 

Length  of  forewing  :  20  mm.     Expanse :  46  mm. 

Habitat.  2  (JcJ,  Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  May  1906  (S.  M.  Klages). 

33.  Stauropus  nitidus  spec.  nov. 

o.  Antennae  amber-brown ;  head  and  thorax  yellowish  golden  bronze ; 
abdomen  brownish  cinnamon. 

Forewing  deep  rufous  chocolate  densely  powdered  with  metallic  green  ; 
a  subbasal  spot  and  an  angulated  streak  below  median  white,  a  white  irregular 
discocellular  patch  ;  a  postmedian  band  of  white  lunules  angled  outwards  and 
a  postdiscal  green  band  angled  mwards  meet  between  veins  3  and  4  and  form 
a  cross  (x),  the  inner,  upper,  and  lower  arms  being  formed  by  the  band  of  white 

lunules  and  the  outer  by  the  green  band. Hindwing  :  basal  three-fifths  pale 

cinnamon  clothed  with  yellowish  hairs,  outer  two-fifths  darker  cinnamon. 

$.  Similar,  but  the  metallic  green  powdering  much  denser,  and  in  conse- 
quence the  insect  appears  almost  green. 

Length  of  forewing  :  <J  22  mm.,  ?  24  mm.     Expanse  :   ij  49  mm.,  ?  53  mm. 

Habitat.  Mount  Goliath,  Central  Dutch  New  Guinea,  5,000-7,000  ft., 
January— February   1911  (A.  S.  Meek),  7   (JcJ,  2  ??. 

34.  Stauropus  flavicollis  spec.  nov. 

<J  ?.  Antennae  brown  ;  head  and  tegulae  huffish  yellow,  base  of  tegulae 
white  ;  rest  of  thorax  chocolate-purple,  most  of  the  haiis  with  small  white  tips  ; 
abdomen  clayey  wood-brown. 

Forewing  chocolate-purple  powdered  with  white  scales,  the  absence  of 
these  white  scales  in  places  causes  the  wing  to  appear  banded  with  sinuous  and 
zigzag  dark  transverse  lines  ;  along  costa  patches  of  metallic  apple-green, 
some  similar  green  scales  near  centre  of  disc,  three  postdiscal  green  lunate  patches. 
— —Hindwing  pale  cinnamon,  apex  with  chocolate-purple  and  white  patch. 

Length  of  forewmg  :  cJ  20  mm.,  $  23  mm.     Expanse  :  3  45  mm.,  ?  52  mm. 

Habitat.  Mount  Goliath,  Central  Dutch  New  Guinea,  5,000-7,000  ft., 
February  1911  (A.  S.  Meek),  1  (J,  1  ?  (?  type). 

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35.  Stauropus  purpurasceus  spec.  nov. 

<J.  Antennae  deep  brown  ;  head  and  thorax  chocolate  maroon-purple 
powdered  somewhat  with  white ;  abdomen  pale  wood-brown. 

Forewing  chocolate  maroon-purple  powdered  with  pale  lavender  and  metallic 
apple-green  scales,  the  absence  in  places  of  these  scales  gives  the  wings  the 
appearance  of  being  spotted  with  brighter  purple  patches  ;  a  cinnamon-white 
discocellular  .stigma,  an   irregular  broken   postdiscal  green   band  produced  by 

the   conglomeration    of  the   green   scales. Hindwing   whitish    washed    witli 

purplish  cinnamon,  darker  towards  margins ;  a  deep  purple-cinnamon  patch 
at  apex. 

?.  Similar,  larger,  and  with  denser  green  scaling  ;  no  stigma  in  forewmg  ; 
hindwing  cinnamon  grey-brown ;  purple  apical  patch  powdered  with  green. 

Length  of  forewing  :  S  19  mm.,  ?  25  mm.     Expanse  :  S  42  mm.,  ?  56  mm. 

Habitat.  Mount  Goliath,  Central  Dutch  New  Gumea,  5,000-7,000  ft., 
February   1911   (A.  S.  Meek),   4   <J<J,  2  $?. 

36.  Stauropus  viridinitens  spec.  nov. 

S  ?.  Antennae  cinnamon-brown  ;  palpi  dark  brown,  thud  joint  orange, 
very  shaggy  ;  head  grey  with  large  tuft  of  hau-  on  vertex  ;  thorax  brown,  the 
very  long  haii-  tipped  with  long  tips  of  yellowish  green  ;  abdomen  chocolate- 
cinnamon. 

Forewing  greyish  white,  densely  covered  over  with  metallic  green  scales  ; 
a  double  antemedial  line  purple-brown,  a  double  irregular  sinuous  postmedian 
band  partly  of  lunules,  partly  of  irregular  patches  purple-brown,  a  purple-brown 

subterminal  band  of    streaks. Hindwing  chocolate-cinnamon ;    apical    patch 

purple-brown,  densely  coated  with  green  scales. 

Length  of  forewing  :   3  24  mm.,  $  27  mm.     Expanse :   3  55  mm.,  $  62  mm. 

Habitat.  Biagi,  Mambare  River,  North-east  British  New  Guinea,  5,000  ft., 
January  1906  (A.  S.  Meek)  (type  ?),  7  <?,?,  1  ?. 

37.  Stauropus  leucophaeus  spec.  nov. 

?.  Antennae  bright  brown  ;  head  and  thorax  pale  coffee-brown  mixed 
with  dirty  white  ;  abdomen  dirty  brownish  cinnamon. 

Forewing  deep  chocolate-brown  powdered  densely  with  white  scaks,  a 
band  before  middle,  a  broken  kregular  patchlLke  postmedian  band,  and  a  zigzag 
subterminal   line   entirely  without  white  scales ;   a   broad   irregular   postdiscal 

area   grey,    as   is  the   double   stigma. Hindwing   pale   chocolate-cinnamon  i 

apical  patch  brown  and  white. 

Length  of  forewing:   25  mm.     Expanse:   555  mm. 

Habitat.  Mount  Goliath,  Central  Dutch  New  Guinea,  5,000-7,000  ft., 
February  1911  (A.  S.  Meek),   1   ?. 

38.  Stauropus  glaucoviridis  spec.  nov. 

?.  Antennae  amber-brown  ;  head  and  thorax  pale  bluish  sage-green,  hairs 
each  tipped  with  white,  inner  edges  of  patagia  and  patch  in  centre  of  thorax 
dirty  grey  ;  abdomen  cinnamon  wood-brown. 

Forewing  bluish  sage-green   encrusted  with  a  here-and-there  broken  layer 


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of  thick  white  scales,  the  ground-colour  appeaiuig  in  patches,  a  broad  oblique 
postmedian  band  and  a  broad  anteterminal  band  in  wliich  latter  runs  a  sub- 
terminal  white  line  of  short  streaks  ;  some  black  spots  on  costa  and  a  black 
antemedian  band  reaching  to  above  vein  1  ;  fringe  chequered  sooty  grey  and 
sage-green.— — Hindwing  cinnamon  grey-brown. 

Length  of  forewing  :  23  mm.     Expanse  :   52  mm. 

Habitat.  Biagi,  JVIambare,  North-east  British  New  Guinea,  April  1906  (A.  S. 
Meek),  1  $. 

39.  Stauropus  tripla^osus  spec.  nov. 

?.  Anteimae  brown  ;  head  cinnamon-grey  ;  thorax  brown,  each  hah  with 
outer  half  dirty  whitish  grey  so  that  the  colour  appears  grizzled  ;  abdomen 
very  pale  cinnamon-brown. 

Forewmg  whitish  grey  powdered  with  darker  scales  and  m  several  large 
patches  washed  with  greenish  buff  ;  a  large  patch  beyond  discocellulars  running 
from  costa  into  the  \^'ing,  a  baso-subbasal  patch  below  median,  and  a  patch 
between  inner  margin  and  centre  of  vein  2  dark  brown  slightly  sprinkled  with 
grey  ;    double  zigzag  ante-  and  postmedian  lines  and  a  sinuous  subterminal 

hah-line  also  dark  brown. Hindwing  pale  cinnamon-brown,  costal  one-third 

grey  with  large  subapical  dark  brown  patch. 

Length  of  forewing  :    28  mm.     Expanse  :    63  mm. 

Habitat.  Mount  Goliath,  Central  Dutch  New  Guinea,  500  ft.,  February 
1911  (A.  S.  Meek),  1  ?. 

40.  Stauropus  frugilegus  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  brown  ;  head  and  thorax  mouse-grey  ;  abdomen  mouse-grey. 

Forewhig  mouse-grey  suffused  with  olive-green,  double  ante-  and  post- 
median  darker  Imes,  the  space  between  the  double  lines  and  also  between  the 
two  lines  of  each  double  line  a  sprmkling  of  bluish  or  lavender  scales  producing 
a  glaucous  appearance  ;    a  sinuous  subterminal  dark  line  beyond  which  are 

also  bluish  scales. Hindwing  duty  white ;  abdominal  area  hauy  buff  ;  costal 

area  same  colour  as  forewing,  outer  one-fifth  below  this  pale  brownish  cinnamon, 
tapering  to  vein  1. 

Length  of  forewmg  :    23  mm.     Expanse  :    52  mm. 

Habitat.  Rook  Island  (New  Guinea),  August — September  1913,  2  JS 
(A.  S.  Meek). 

.    41.  Stauropus  viridogrisea  spec.  nov. 

3.  Antennae  brown  ;  head  rufous  cinnamon,  strongly  mixed  with  whitish  ; 
thorax  cinnamon  so  strongly  mixed  with  white  as  to  appear  dull  whitish  grey  ; 
abdomen  pale  cinnamon-brown. 

Forewing  brown,  outer  half  densely,  basal  half  less  densely  suffused  with 
white  and  spangled  with  patches  of  metallic  green  scales  ;  a  number  of  dark 
indistmct  sinuous  double  lines  cross  the  disc  of  the  wing,  a  waved  subterminal 

dark  brown  hair-line. Hindwing  pale  greyish  cinnamon-brown,  a  large  dark 

brown  subapical  patch  powdered  with  green  scales. 

?.  Much  larger  and  paler  « ith  the  sinuous  lines  much  more  distinct. 


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Length  of  forewing  :  cj  20  mm.,  9  29  mm.     Expanse  :  cJ  45  mm.,  ?  66  mm. 
Habitat.  Biagi,   Marabare,  5,000  ft.,  April  1906   (A.  S.  Meek),    1    <?  (type)  ; 
Upper  Aroa  River,  British  New  Guinea,  March  1903  (A.  S.  Meek),  1  ?. 

42.  Stauropus  alboviridis  spec.  nov. 

?.  Antennae  rufous  ;  head  and  thorax  cinnamon  maroon  strongly  mixed 
with  white  ;  abdomen  pale  cinnamon  brown. 

Forewing  white  ;  basal  one-fifth  and  inner  area  running  along  beyond 
vem  1  and  into  a  patch  reaching  vein  2  metallic  green,  in  the  latter  patch  a 
white  spot,  terminal  area  suffused  with  metallic  green,  a  large  costo-subcostal 
green  patch  with  white  in  it,  and  two  lines  proceeding  to  join  patch  below 

vein  2. Hindwings   pale   greyish    cinnamon  ;    costal  area  white   with   large 

subapical  chocolate  patch  powdered  with  green. 

Length  of  forewing  :    25  mm.     Expanse  :    55  mm. 

Habitat.  Biagi,  Mambare,  5,000  ft.,  January  1906  (A.  S.  Meek),  2  $?. 

43.  Stauropus  germana  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Similar  to  ]Mllidifascia  Hmpsn.  but  at  once  distinguished  by  the  double 
postmedian  band  not  being  angled,  but  evenly  curved. 

Antennae  black-brown  ;  head  and  thorax  chocolate  rufous  ;  centre  of 
abdomen  rufous  maroon,  sides  rufous  cinnamon. 

Forewing  :  base  and  outer  one-thhd  slate-grey,  the  latter  with  rufous  brown 
cloud-marks  and  a  maroon  subterminal  hair-line  ;  rest  of  wing  deep  rufous 
with  indistinct  cloudings,  a  double  curved  postmedian  band  of  blood  red  with 

cinnamon  rufous  interspace  ;  a  pale  stigma. Hindwing  buffy  cream-colour  ; 

costal  one-thiid  maroon  rufous  with  slate-grey  apex. 

?.  Larger  markings  similar  but  deep  rufous  replaced  by  chocolate  and 
postmedian  double  line  followed  by  a  broad  band  of  bluish-grey  white  ;  hind- 
wing  grey-brown. 

Length  of  forewing  :    J  24  mm.,  ?  29  mm.     Expanse  :   <J  54  mm.,  ?  66  mm. 

Habitat.  Nmay  Valley,  Central  Arfak  Mountains,  Dutch  New  Guinea, 
3,500  ft.,  November  1908— January  1909  (A.  E.  Pratt),  3  <J(J,  2  ?$  (cJ  type); 
Biagi,  Mambare,  5,000  ft.,  March  1906  (A.  S.  Meek),  1  $. 

44.  Stauropus  rufescens  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Antennae  deep  brown  ;  head  white  tinged  with  ciiuiamon,  vertex  pale 
lemon  ;  tegulae  white  mixed  with  deep  rufous,  rest  of  thorax  deep  maroon 
rufous  ;  abdomen  grey-brown. 

Forewing  :  basal  one-fourth  pale  rufous  densely  sprinkled  with  metallic 
apple-green  scales  ;  disc  of  wing  bright  maroon  rufous,  outer  one-fourth  sprinkled 

with  apple-green  giving  it  a  deep  brown  appearance. Hindwing  unier  half 

cream- white  slightly  tinged  with  rufous,  rest  of  wing  deep  maroon  rufous. 

?.  Differs  in  the  whole  head  being  pale  lemon,  the  tegulae  whiter,  and  the 
rest  of  the  thorax  dark  cinnamon. 

The  forewing  has  the  basal  tlu:ee-fourths  of  forewing  dark  rufous  chocolate 
and  the  apple-green  scales  intermixed  with  grey ;  the  outer  fourth  is  rufous  grey 
with  only  green  scaling  along  terminal  area. Hmdwings  darker. 


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Length  of  forewing :    (J  18  mm.,  ?  20  mm.     Expanse  :    <?  40  mm.,  9  46  mm. 

Habitat.  Ninay  Valley,  Central  Arfak  Mountains,  Dutch  New  Guinea, 
3,500  ft.,  November  1908— January  1909  (A.  E.  Pratt),  1  3  type  ;  Biagi,  Mam- 
bare,  5,000  ft.,  April  1906  (A.  S.  Meek),  1  (J,  1  ?. 

45.  Stauiopus  sikkimensis  khasianus  subsp.  nov. 

cj.  Differs  from  s.  sikkimensis  in  the  thorax  and  base  of  the  forewing  being 
apple-green  not  grey,  and  rest  of  the  wing  deep  spinach-green,  as  is  also  the  large 
square  apical  patch  on  the  hmdwing. 

Habitat.  Khasia  Hills,  Assam,  8  SS  (compared  with  7  ijej,  2  ?$  from 
Darjeeling  in  Tring  Museum). 

46.  Stauropus  affinis  spec.  nov. 

?.  Similar  to  sikkimensis  and  s.  kJiusiana,  but  distinguished  by  the  absence 
of  definite  cross  bands  on  the  forewing,  by  a  pale  subcostal  patch  one-third  from 
apex,  and  by  three  black  patches  in  and  near  apex  of  cell.  Base  of  forewing  and 
thorax  mixed  lavender-grey  and  apple-green  ;  large  apical  patch  on  hindwiiig 
black. 

Length  of  forewing  :  26  mm.     Expanse  :  57  mm. 

Habitat.  Mount  Goliath,  Central  Dutch  New  Guiaea,  6,000-7,000  ft.,  February 
1911  (A.  S.  Meek),  2  ?$. 

47.  Stauropus  mediolinea  spec.  nov. 

<J.  Antennae  dark  brown  ;  head  and  thorax  mouse-grey  ;  abdomen  slightly 
browner. 

Eoiewing  pale  mouse-grey,  a  double  median  irregular  rufous  band,  the  outer 
part  only  reaching  median  vein,  basad  from  this  some  traces  of  zigzag  lines 
and  spots  also  rufous  ;  a  terminal  line  of  black  and  white  dots. — — Hindwinge 
darker  mouse-grey  with  a  terminal  line  of  cuneate  dark  brown  spots. 

Length  of  forewing  :  26  mm.     Expanse  :  58  mm. 

Habitat.  Chung-Kiang,  West  China,  August  1911,  1   o. 

48.  Stauropus  incisus  spec.  nov. 

?.  Antennae  dark  brown  ;  head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  yellowish  grey  mixed 
with  white  hairs. 

Forewing  white  ;  base  and  basal  four-fifths  of  wing  below  median  and  vein  2 
olive-green  into  which  runs  a  pure  white  wedge-shaped  patch  from  median  on 
which  are  some  scarlet  scales  ;   rest  of  wing  clouded  and  speckled  with  scarlet, 

green,  and  dark  grey  scales  and  spots. Hindwing  greyish  brown-cinnamon, 

a  black  subapical  streak. 

Length  of  forewing  :  20  mm.     Expanse  :  45  ram. 

Habitat.  Ogrugu,  Niger. 

49.  Stauropus  apiculatus  spec.  nov. 

(J  9-  Antennae  deep  brown  ;  head  and  thorax  pale  maroon-cinnamon  ; 
abdomen  cinnamon-broA^n,  last  segment  and  anal  tuft  ash-grey. 

Forewing  claret -cumamon ;  base,  inner  margin  below  vein  1,  a  large  lunate 


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postdiscal    patch,   and  a   smaller   patch  below  vein  3   pinkish  silver-grey. 

Hindwings  cinnamon-brown. 

Length  of  forewing  :  <J  21  mm.,   ?28mm.     Expanse:   o  47  mm.,  $  63  mm. 

Habitat.  Penang,  January— April  1898  (Curtis),  2  36,  I  ?  (type  ?)  ;  1  ? 
Khasia  Hills,  April  1897  (Native  coll.). 

50.  StauTopus  notodontina  spec.  nov. 

S.  Antennae  dull  brown  ;  head  dirty  white  ;  thorax  grey  freckled  «itl\ 
white  and  cinnamon  brown-grey. 

Forewing :  basal  tliree-fifths  slate-grey  clouded  with  paler  grey,  a  double 
semicoalescing  antemedian  black  line  and  a  postmedian  dark  serrated  band 
beyond  which  is  a  broad  black  sharply  angulated  line  separating  the  basal 
three-fifths  from  rest  of  wing,  an  indication  of  a  discocellular  stigma  ;  outer  two- 
fifths   of  wing  pale   ash-grey,  a  dark  grey  streak  from   co.sta  to  vein  4  out.'-ide 

angled  band  ;  a  black  marginal  hair-line. Hindwing  dirty  w  hite  with  brownish 

grey  shaggy  hair  at  base  and  on  abdominal  area,  a  black  torr.al  spot  and  a  dark 
grey  terminal  hair-line  ;  fringe  chequered  grey  and  white  with  two  black  spots 
near  toinus. 

?.  Larger  ;  forewing  ground-colour  uniform,  grey  bands  and  lines  very  dis- 
tinct, angled  black  band  broken  between  veins  2  and  3. Hindwings  cinnamon- 
grey  with  a  darker  and  paler  double  median  line. 

Length  of  forewing  :  S  25  mm.,  9  29  mm.     Expanse  :  S  57  mm.,  $  67  mm. 

Habitat.  Khasia  Hills,  Assam,  May  1897  (Nat.  coll.),  5  S6,  4  ??  (9  type). 

51.  Stauropus  bipunctus  spec.  nov. 

$.  Similar  to  the  last  but  more  uniform  grey. 

Forewing  mouse-grey  with  paler  and  darker  shadowy  serrated  lines  ;  two 
black  spots  obliquelj'  vertical,  one  in  cell  and  one  below-  median,  a  postmedian 
serrated  black  band  from  costa  to  vein  4  outside,  which  is  a  black  costal  patch 

from  which  runs  a  dark  grey  serrated  line  also  to  vein  4. Hindwings  yellowish 

grey. 

Length  of  forewing  :  26  mm.     Expanse  :  60  mm. 

Habitat.  Penang,  January  1897  (Curtis),  1  ?. 

52.  Cascera  albiscripta  spec.  nov. 

9.  Antennae  black-brown  ;  head  white,  vertex  huffish  green  ;  tegulae 
huffish  green,  rest  of  thorax  buffi.-h  green  shaded  with  pale  brown  and  sprinkled 
with  white  ;  abdomen  bronzy  wood-brown. 

Forewing  olive-bronze,  basal  three-fifths  with  double  white  spots  on  costa, 
inside  of  cell  white,  reaching  beyond  median  near  base  ;  an  antemedian  white 
curved  hah-line  and  a  dumbbell  white  patch  bej-ond  it  below  median  ;  a  large 
black  reniform  stigma  and  beyond  it  a  broad  white  oblique  band  reaching  from 
costa  to  vein  2  ;  subterminal  and  terminal  area  whitish  with  cinnamon  spots, 
a  zigzag  white  line  bordering  it  basad. Hindwing  :  basal  half  bronz}-  wood- 
brown,  outer  half  darker. 

Length  of  forewing  :  24  mm.     Expanse  :  55  mm. 

Habitat.  Mount  Goliath,  Central  Dutch  New  Gumea,  5,000-7,000  ft., 
February  1911  (A.  S.  Meek),  1  9. 


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53.  Cascera  albiscripta  virens  .^ub,sp.  nov. 

?.  Similar  to  a.  albiscripta  but  paler  bronzy  olive-green. 
Habitat.   Angabunga   River,   affluent   of   St.   Joseph's   River,  British   New 
Guinea,  November  1904— February  1905  (A.  S.  Meek),  1  ?. 

54.  Cascera  marginata  spec.  nov. 

9.  Antennae  bro\vn  ;  head  browuLsh  buff ;  thorax  creamy  brown,  tegulae 
and  patagia  on  inner  side  broadly  with  hairs  tipped  with  white ;  abdomen 
brownLsh  cinnamon. 

Forewing  dirty  w  hite  variegated  with  streak.s  ard  cloudings  of  olive-brown, 
a  deep  chocolate  stigma  and  a  square  pure  white  patch  between  basal  half  of 
veins  2  and  3 ;  outer  fourth  of  wing  and  area  below  median  nervure  chocolate- 
brown  suffused  with  olive  ;  some  indistinct  whitish  lines  and  spots  in  area  below 
median  and  an  irregular  white  marginal  line. Hindwing  brownish  cinnamon. 

Length  of  forewing  ;  25  mm.     Expanse  :  56  mm. 

Habitat.  Ninaj'  Valley,  Central  Arfak  Mountains,  Dutch  New  Guinea, 
3.500  ft.,  November  1908— January  1909  (A.  E.  Pratt),  1  ?  type  ;  near  Oetakwa 
River,  Snow  Mountains,  Dutch  New  Guinea,  up  to  3,500  ft.,  October — December 
1910  (A.  S.  Meek),  2  ??. 

55.  Cascera  flavovirens  .spec  nov. 

?.  Antennae  brown ;  head  vinaceous  mixed  with  cream-white  ;  tegulae 
claret-colour  edged  with  greenish  white,  patagia  pale  yellowish  sea-green  mixed 
with  white  and  edged  with  claret-colour  ;  rest  of  thorax  and  abdomen  cinnamon. 

Forewing  mossy  yellowish  sea-green  variegated  with  darker  and  whitish 
lines  and  clouds  ;  costa  with  alternate  maroon  and  white  oblique  bands  and 
patches,  a  large  antemedian  angled  maroon  patch  below  median  with  white  spot 
in  angle,  a  pale  maroon  stigma,  a  white  patch  above  vein  2,  a  broad  irregular 
postdiscal  maroon  band,  and  a  subterminal  line  of  maroon  and  white  cuneate 
spots. Hindwings  cinnamon. 

Length  of  forewing  :  28  mm.     Expanse  :  63  mm. 

Habitat.  Near  Oetakwa  River,  Snow  Mountams,  Dutch  New  Guinea,  up  to 
3,500  ft.,  October— December  1910  (A.  S.  Meek),  1  9. 

56.  Cascera  olivacea  olivacea  spec.  nov. 

cJ  9.  Antennae  rusty  brown  ;  head  olive  mixed  with  white  ;  tegulae  orange- 
buff,  dark  brown  at  base,  rest  of  thorax  buff  washed  with  olive  and  with  central 
dark  brown  spot  ;    abdomen  dark  cinnamon. 

Forewing  velvety  olive-brown,  with  irregular  buff  and  green  baso-subbasal 
marks,  costa  with  white  and  olive  on  greenish  buff  markings,  a  central  irregular 
olive-buff  patch  clouded  with  olive-brown  and  sharply  reduced  to  half  its  width 
from  base  of  vein  2  and  with  a  large  and  smaller  dark  olive-brown  patch  above 
median  ;  a  white  patch  above  vein  2  and  an  olive-buff  zigzag  subterminal  line  ; 
frmge  golden  olive. Hindwing  dark  cmnamon. 

Length  of  forewing  :  o  25  mm.,  9  27  mm.     Expanse  :  cJ  57  mm.,  9  61  mm. 

Habitat.  Near  Oetakwa  River,  Snow  Mountains,  Dutch  New  Guinea,  up  to 
3,500  ft.,  October— December  1910  (A.  S.  Meek),  1  o^  1  9. 


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56a.  Cascera  olivacea  flavolavata  sub.sp.  nov. 

<J.  Differs  from  o.  olivacea  in  being  much  paler  and  looks  as  if  it  had  been 
soaked  in  a  sulphur  bath. 

Habitat.  Ninay  Valley,  Central  Aifak  Mountains,  Dutch  New  Guinea, 
3,500  ft.,  November  1908— January  1909  (A.  E.  Pratt),  1  o'. 

57.  Cascera  irrorata  spec.  nov. 

<J.  Antennae  rufous  brown  ;  head  cinnamon ;  tegulae  cmnamon,  hairs 
along  edges  tipped  with  white,  rest  of  thorax  dark  cinnamon-brown  with  many 
hairs  tipped  with  white  ;    abdomen  rufous  cuinamon. 

Forewing  bright  chocolate  slightly  washed  with  olive  and  streaked  and 
lined  irregularly  with  pale  whitish  pink ;  a  white  mark  under  median  near 
base  and  an  oval  white  patch  on  vein  2 ;  an  irregular  sinuate  \^hite  subter- 
minal  line;  fringe  mLxed  pale  grey  and  brown. Hindwings  dark  cinnamon. 

Length  of  forewing  :  2r5  mm.     Expanse  :  49  mm. 

Habitat.  Mount  Goliath,  Central  Dutch  New  Giinea,  5,000-7,000  ft., 
February  1911  (A.  S.  Meek),  1  <J. 

57o.  Cascera  iiTorata  paUida  subsp.  nov. 

(J.  Differs  from  i.  irrorata  in  the  forewings  beuig  paler  and  more  washed 
with  olive  and  the  white  and  pinkish  white  mar  knag  much  extended. 

Habitat.  Nmay  Valley,  Central  Arfak  Mountains,  Dutch  New  Guinea, 
3,500  ft.,  November  1908— January  1909  (A.  E.  Pratt),  1  3. 

58.  Cascera  perscripta  spec.  nov. 

cJ  ?.  Antennae  brown  ;  head  brownish  buff  ;  tegulae  brownish  orange-buff, 
rest  of  thorax  deep  chniamon-brown  mixed  with  cream-white ;  abdomen 
cinnamon. 

Forewii.g  velvety  olive-green  scribbled  all  over  with  pale  buff  lines  and 
streaks,  those  in  centre  of  disc  tinged  with  bright  pink. Hindwing  cuniamon. 

Length  of  forewing  :  S  23  mm.,  ?  25  mm.     Expanse  :    cJ  51  mm.,  $  56  mm. 

Habitat.  Mount  Goliath,  Central  Dutch  New  Guinea,  5,000-7,000  ft., 
February  1911  (A.  S.  Meek),  2  cJcJ,  6  $?. 

59.  Cascera  variegata  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  brown,  basal  three  segments  white  ;  head  cream-white  ; 
tegulae  amber-yellow  mixed  with  buff,  rest  of  thorax  amber-brown  mixed  with 
white  and  olive-green  ;  abdomen  cinnamon. 

Forewing  golden  olive-bronze,   banded,  spotted,   and  streaked  with   buff, 

white,  and  pink,  a  postdiscal  cloud-band  of  bronzy  green. Hindwings  dark 

cinnamon. 

?.  Larger  and  darker. 

Length  of  forewing  :    cJ  22  mm.,  ?  26  mm.     Expanse  :    (J  49  mm.,  $  57  mm. 

Habitat.  Nmay  Valley,  Central  Arfak  Mountains,  Dutch  New  Guinea, 
3.500  ft.,  November  1908— January  1909  (A.  E.  Pratt),  3  <J<J,  3  ??. 


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60.  Malocampa  bucephaloides  spec.  nov. 

cj.  At  fiist  .sight  this  and  the  next  species  resemble  the  genus  Phalera. 
Antennae  very  large  and  long,  heavily  pectinated  on  basal  three-fourths,  bright 
amber-brown  ;  head  rusty  chestnut  ;  thorax  purple-chocolate,  hinder  half 
densely  sprinkled  with  white,  giving  it  a  roan  colour  ;  abdomen  cinnamon 
rufous. 

Forewing  rusty  chocolate-brown  ;  base  dark  grey  edged  with  white,  a 
broad  central  band  7  mm.  wide  of  greyish  mauve  irrorated  with  black  scales, 
this  band  is  Ul  defined  on  the  basal  side,  spreading  far  towards  base  below  median, 
on  the  distad  side  it  is  sharply  defined  bj-  a  concave  transverse  triple  line  first 
black,  then  white,  then  rufous  orange,  the  black  portion  of  this  line  is  sharply 
angled  inwards  ;    the  outer  two-fifths  of  the  wing  are  rufous  chocolate  fading 

into  greyish  cloudy  mauve  ;  fruige  rufous  and  grey. Hindwmg  cinnamon  rufous 

tinged  with  brown,  an  angled  rufous-cream  postmedian  band  ;  fringe  rufous  white. 

Length  of  forewing  :  35  mm.     Expanse  :    78  mm. 

Habitat.  St.  Jean  de  Maroni,  French  Guiana,   1  <J. 

61.  Malocampa  phaleroides  spec.  nov. 

cJ.  Verj'  closely  allied  to  the  last  species.  Antennae  brownish  amber-yellow  ; 
head  rusty  chestnut  ;  thorax  purple-chocolate,  hinder  edges  and  hind  edge  of 
patagia  with  the  hairs  tipped  with  dirty  white  ;    abdomen  rusty  cinnamon. 

Forewing  bro^vnish  cinnamon-chocolate  washed  with  yellowish  grey  ;  a 
double  discocellular  stigma ;  base  of  wing  obliquely  violet-chocolate ;  a  sub- 
basal  white  band  starting  from  vein  1  runs  obliquely  to  costa  and  along  latter 
except  outer  one-third,  and  spreads  to  subcostal  vein,  and  slightly  beyond  it ; 
a  postdiscal  double  lunate  crenulate  mauve  and  brown  shadow-line,  and  a  sub- 
terminal   line   of  mauve  and   brown   spots  ;  fringe   rusty  rufous.- Hindwing 

cinnamon  rufous  with  darker  median  line  edged  outwardly  with  rusty  white 
ending  in  a  chocolate  and  white  tornal  patch ;  frmge  rusty  rufous. 

Length  of  forewing  :    35  mm.     Expanse  :    79  mm. 

Habitat.  La  Oroya,  Rio  Inambaii,  Peru,  3,100  ft.,  September  1904  (G. 
Ockenden),  2  3S. 

62.  Rhuda  opalistriga  spec.  nov. 

(J  ?.  Similar  to  difficilis  Schaus,  but  smaller,  and  the  baso-subbasal  streak 
prolonged  in  a  band  along  four-fifths  of  vein  1,  and  consisting  of  an  opalescent 
blue  band  with  a  white  central  line  ;  above  this  band  the  brown  colour  runs  in 
a  perfectly  straight  oblique  band  below  the  pale  pmk  fascia  and  ends  on  vein  2 
one-sixth  from  termen  in  a  round  black  spot. 

Length  of  forewing.  Expanse. 

difficilis,  S  31  mm.,  §  37  mm.  .  .  .         cJ  70  mm.,  ?  83  mm. 

opalistriga,  <S  25  mm.,  $  29  mm.       .  .  .         <?  56  mm.,  S  64  mm. 

Habitat.  Amazons,  1  ? ;  Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  May  1906  (S.  M. 
Klages),  1  iJ  type. 


250  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

63.  Rhuda  posttriangulum  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Differs  from  iuisa  Schaus  in  the  forewiiig  being  narrower  and  more 
pointed,  and  in  the  baso-subbasal  bluish  white  oblique  band  being  prolonged 
farther  along  vein  1.  On  the  hindwing  in  the  absence  of  the  terminal  brown 
band,  in  having  an  indistinct  or  rather  ill-defined  dirty  brown  bar  running  up 
from  tornus  to  almost  base  of  wing,  and  in  the  termen  being  deeply  concave  not 
convex,  and  the  apex  and  tornus  are  produced  to  long  blunt  points,  making 
the  wing  absolutely  triangular  instead  of  rounded.  The  hindwing  is  yellow 
suffused  with  dirty  brownish  grej'. 

Length  of  forewing  :    31  mm.     Expanse  :    69  mm. 

Habitat.  Potaro,  British  Guiana,  May  1908  (S.  M.  Klages),  3  <?<?  type  ; 
Omai,  British  Guiana,  June  1908  (S.  M.  Klages),  1   S. 

64.  Hoplitis  cimiamomea  spec.  nov. 

(J  ?.  Close  to  strigata  Moore.  Antennae  deep  rufous  ;  head  brown  ;  thorax 
grey,  slightly  mixed  with  brown  hairs  ;    abdomen  rufous  cinnamon. 

Forewing  rufous  cinnamon  ;  costa  and  a  concave  band  from  apex  curving 
round  to  middle  of  costa  deep  rufous ;  within  this  line  and  just  behind  it  three 
pale  grey  patches ;  a  slate-grej'  cloudj'  patch  in  centre  of  disc ;  termen  and 
inner  margin  from  vein  4  to  middle  of  inner  margin  including  vein  1  broadly 

slate-grey  ;  a  large  deep  rufous  patch  above  tornus. Hindwing  semihyaline 

white,  a  blackish  patch  at  tornus. 

Length  of  forewmg  :     33  mm.     Expanse  :     75  mm. 

Habitat.  Ninay  Valley,  Central  Arfak  Mountains,  Dvitch  New  Gumea, 
3,500  ft.,  November  1908— January  1909  (A.  E.  Pratt),  3  63,   1  ?  (<J  type). 

65.  Hoplitis  insignifica  spec.  nov. 

$.  Antennae  rufous  brown,  shaft  grey  ;  head  and  thorax  dirty  brownish 
mouse-grey,  a  dark  streak  in  centre  of  thorax  and  on  patagia  ;  abdomen  dirty 
brown-grey. 

Forewing  mouse-grey  with  dark  grey  streaks  on  costa  ;  ante-  and  post- 
median  dark  grey  lines. Hindwing  dirty  white,  passing  into  grey-browni  along 

costa,  apex,  and  termen  ;    an  ash-grey  and  dark  patch  at  tornus. 

Length  of  forewing  :    34  mm.     Expanse  :    74  mm. 

Habitat.  Dammer  Island,  November  1898  (H.  Kiihn).  2  $?. 

66.  Hoplitis  dasychiroides  spec.  nov. 

?.  Antennae  shaft  crimson,  pectinations  black  ;  head  and  thorax  mouse- 
grey  ;  abdomen  greyish  white,  a  root  patch  on  first  segment. 

Forewing  mouse-grey  ;  three  or  four  black-brown  lines  run  from  costa 
across  cell  to  median  nervure  and  some  oblique  dark  grey  bands  one-third  from 
apex  on  costo-subcostal  area  ;    a  postdiscal  curved  and  slightly  sinuous  black 

line  and  a  shadowy  darker  grey  subterminal  bai:d. Hindwing  semihyaline 

white,  outer  one-third  slate-grey.     Second  specimen  forewing  more  brownish. 

Length  of  forewing  :  31  mm.     Expanse  :  68  mm. 

Habitat.    Isumeb,  IS.  W.  African  Protectorate. 


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67.  Hoplitis  curvatula  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Very  curiously  curved  and  narrow  forewings.  Antennae  black ;  frons 
orange-buff,  vertex  dark  brown-grey  ;  thorax  greyish  olive  mixed  with  dirty 
buff,  tegulae  edged  with  black  ;  some  black  on  thorax  ;  abdomen  sooty  brown 
ringed  with  dirty  white,  anal  tuft  orange. 

Forewing  costa  ver}-  strongly  convex  and  outer  one-third  strongly  curved 
downwards  ;  termen  from  apex  abruptly  truncated  and  excised  at  tornus,  giving 
the  narrow  wing  a  unique  appearance  ;  olive-brown  washed  and  splashed  with 
patches  of  deep  moss-green  ;  in  cell  running  from  costa  is  a  truncated  black  x, 
and  on  outer  one-third  of  costo-subcostal  area  are  black  bands  and  spots,  and  a 

large  black  mark  above  tornus. Hindwii:gs  :  basal  two-thirds  white  ;  long  hair 

on  abdominal  area  buff  ;  outer  one-third  black-brown  ;  some  black  streaks  above 
tornus. 

Length  of  forewing  :  42  mm.     Expanse :  93  mm. 

Habitat.  Kasai  River,  Congo  Region. 


68.  Chadisra  albobnmnea  spec.  i:ov. 

?.  Antennae  brown,  basal  five  joints  cream-colour  ;  head  buff,  palpi  brown  ; 
tegulae  buff,  patagia  chocolate,  rest  of  thorax  yellowish  grey  ;  abdomen  greyish 
cinnamon. 

Forewing  :  basal  half  obliquely  chocolate-brown  ;  costal  area,  some  marks 
above  vein  1  and  in  cell  amber-brown  ;  outer  half  whitish  grey  suffust  d  with 
very  pale  olive  ;  a  similar  coloured  patch  runs  up  from  the  inner  margin  into 
the  basal  half  of  wing,  and  a  deep  brown  jjatch  runs  into  the  wing  from  costa 
near  apex. Hindwing  dirty  wood-browr.  a  dark  spot  above  tornus. 

(J.  Similar,  but  duller  and  ]5aler  ;  the  two  halves  of  forewing  less  distinctly 
different  in  colour  and  hindwing  pale  whitish  grey. 

Length  of  forewing  :    (J  25  mm.,  ?  30  mm.     Expanse  :    c?  56  mm.,  2  67  mm. 

Habitat.  Khasia   Hills,  A.-sam,  December   1895  (Nat.   coll.),    1    cj,    3    $$  ($ 

type). 


69.  Chadisra  meeki  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antemiae  dark  brown  ;  head  and  thorax  dark  coffee-brown  mixed  with 
cinnamon-buff  hairs ;  abdomen  bright  cinnamon,  anal  segment  with  black 
hair-lines. 

Forewing  :  basal  two-fifths  dark  brown,  edge  of  inner  margin  and  a  patch 
near  base  of  costa  brownish  buff,  this  dark  brown  area  deeply  incised  between 
veins  1  and  2  ;  outer  three-fifths  of  wing  dull  isabel-buff  clouded  and  streaked 
with  yellowish  olive  and  blackish  brown  ;  a  black  brown  patch  on  and  under 
costa  just  before  apex. Hindwing  :  basal  two-thirds  dirtj'  buff ;  outer  one- 
third  brownish  cimiamon,  a  brown  streak  above  tornus. 

Length  of  forewing  :  29  mm.     Expanse  :  66  mm. 

Habitat.  Mount  Goliath,  Central  Dutch  New  Guinea,  5,000-7,000  ft.,  January 
1911  (A.  S.  Meek),  3  cJ(J. 


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70.  Chadisra  striata  striata  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  brown  ;  head  buff  mixed  with  black  hairs  ;  tegulae  buff 
mixed  with  black  hairs,  rest  of  thorax  black  mixed  with  brownish  hairs ; 
abdomen  brownish  buff. 

Forewing  greyish  cinnamon  with  broad  black  band  like  longitudinal  streaks 
from  base  to  termen,  and  a  number  of  blackish  vertical  striations  ;    a  median 

sinuous   and    strongly   angled    black    line. Hindwing    buff,    margins    pale 

cinnamon,  a  dark  brown  spot  above  tornus. 

?.  Larger. 

Length  of  forewing  :   (J  22  mm.,  ?  25  mm.     Expan.se :    cJ  50  mm.,  $  56  mm. 

Habitat.  Kumusi  River,  North-east  British  New  Guinea,  low  elevation, 
August  1907  (A.  S.  Meek),  1  <?,  1  $  (cj  type)  ;  Upper  Area  River,  British  New 
Guinea,  April  1903  (A.  S.  Meek),  1  <J. 

71.  Chadisra  striata  divisa  subsp.  nov. 

?.  Differs  fi'om  S.  striata  in  the  basal  half  obliquely  being  strongly  suffused 
with  brown,  thus  dividing  the  wing  into  two  parts. 

Habitat.  Goodenough  Island,  2.500-4,000  ft..  May  1913  (A.  S.  Meek),  2  ??. 

72.  Chadisra  plagosa  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  brownish  buff  ;  head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  huffish  wood- 
brown. 

Forewing  huffish  cinnamon  with  a  number  of  indistinct  zigzag  brownish 
lines  ;  a  pale  greenish  subbasal  patch  under  costa,  basal  one-fourth  of  wing 
paler,  more  huffish  ;  a  large  black-brown  sharply  angled  band  runs  from  median 
to  tornus  and  from  median  to  near  base  of  inner  margin  ;  all  below  this  band 
brownish  slate-grey  ;  a  large  subapical  patch  pale  lavender-grey  tinged  with 
green. Hind  wings  wood -brown  ;  fringe,  base,  and  median  shadow  huffish. 

Length  of  forewing:  21  mm.     Expanse:  -17  mm. 

Habitat.  Warri,  Niger,  April   1897  (Dr.  Roth),   1    <J. 

73.  Tarsolepis  rufobrunnea  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  deep  brown,  pectinations  short ;  head  and  thorax  vinaceous 
chocolate  ;    abdomen  deep  brown,  no  crimson  tuft  on  underside. 

Forewing  deep  rufous  chocolate  ;  basal  two-thu'ds  of  costal  area  entirely 
suffused  with  pale  mauve  and  freckled  ;  silver  patches  as  in  sommeri,  but  much 
larger  ;  submarginal  area  washed  strongly  with  vinaceous  and  with  four  lines, 

inner  one  orange-buff,  outer  three  various  shades  of  brown. Hindwings  paler 

chocolate. 

Length  of  forewing  :  37-49  mm.     Expanse :   83-109  mm. 

Habitat.  Travancore  (Place),  1  S  type;  Khasia  Hills,  Assam  (Nat.  coll.), 
1  3. 

74.  Tarsolepis  sericeus  spec.  nov. 

$.  Antennae  dark  rufous  brown  ;  head  and  thorax  deep  rufous  chocolate  ; 
abdomen  sooty  blackish  grey,  anal  segment  buft'  with  dark  brown  streaks  and 
two  large  fan-shaped  and  pointed  buff  tufts. 

Forewing  vinaceous  chocolate  streaked  and  clouded  with  cinnamon  so  ;vs 


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to  resemble  watered  silk  ;  termen  deeply  serrated  with  pale  median  streak 
to  each  tooth  ;  a  yellow  quadrate  spot  under  middle  of  vein  4. — - — Hindwing 
golden  bufi  suffused  with  brown-grey. 

Length  of  forewing  :  34  mm.     Expanse:  77  mm. 

Habitat.  Java. 

75.  Phalera  postaurantia  spec  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  black,  pectinations  very  long  ;  head  and  thorax  rufous  and 
buff  mixed,  patagia  and  patch  at  back  of  thorax  grey  tipped  with  white  ;  abdo- 
men orange  ringed  indistinctly  with  brownish  orange. 

Forewing  vmaceous  wood-brown  suffused  with  grey  and  white,  becoming 
whiter  towards  inner  margm  ;  a  double  antemedian  line,  inner  less  pronounced 
rusty  brown,  outer  black  ;  a  postdiscal  double  line  of  coalescent  lunules,  inner 
black,  outer  dark  rufous  ;   an  apical  olive-buff  patch  below  which  is  an  irregular 

heavy   black  angled  line. Hindwings  golden  orange ;   edge  of  termen  and 

nervures  black. 

Length  of  forewing  :  27  mm.     Expanse  :  60  mm. 

Habitat.  Itumba,  German  East  Africa  (Dr.  Baxter),  1  <J  type  ;  Mpuapua, 
German  East  Africa  (Dr.  Baxter),  1  <?. 

76.  Phalera  elongata  spec.  nov. 

(J  ?.  This  species  is  distinct  from  all  others  by  its  long  and  narrow  wings 
and  long  silken  hair  on  the  body. 

Antennae  rusty  rvifous,  pectinated  in  both  sexes,  shorter  in  $  ;  head  and 
thorax  golden  buff,  margins  of  tegulae  and  two  median  transverse  lines  deep 
rufous,  hind  part  of  thorax  clothed  with  long  silky  sooty  brown  hairs,  patagia 
white  edged  with  grey  ;  abdomen  clothed  with  long  silky  hair,  basal  segment 
sooty  brown,  anal  segment  and  tuft  buff  washed  with  dirty  grey  ;  rest  of  abdomen 
orange. 

Forewing  brown-grey  washed  with  pink  ;  base  white,  a  subbasal  black- 
brown  Ime,  followed  by  seven  indefuiite  darker  grey  crenulate  and  sinuate 
Imes  ;  ajiical  one-fourth  to  veui  3  buff  with  darker  buff  clouding,  bordered  inwardly 
by  a  bright  rufous  and  brown  double  concave  band,  black  streaks  in  buff  on 
veins  3  and  4. Hindwings  sericeous  bronzy  grey-brown. 

Length  of  forewing  :  <^  28-30  mm.,  $  33  mm.  Expanse  :  <?  62-66  mm., 
?  75  mm. 

Habitat.  Khasia  Hills,  Assam,  February  1896  (Nat.  coll).,  2  JcJ,  1  $  (<J 
type). 

77.  Phalera  inexpectata  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  black  ;  head  cream-white  ;  thorax  white  ;  tegulae,  a  median 
convex  band  and  three  spots  behind  dirty  black-brown,  tegulae  being  palest  ; 
abdomen  white  washed  with  brownish  and  with  broad  brown  rings  on  each 
segment,  anal  tuft  brownish  white. 

Forewing  vinaceous  brown  on  outer  one-third  freckled  with  white  scales,  basal 
two-thirds  cream-white  freckled  densely  with  vmaceous  scales  thickest  on  basal 
one-third  and  least  in  cell  and  round  discocellulars  ;  base  white  with  black  dot  ; 
this  freckling  gives  the  forewing  a  roan  appearance  ;   an  antemedian  deep  purple 


254  XOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

line  angled  in  cell,  joined  to  which  outwardlj-  is  a  similarly  coloured  wedge- 
shaped  patch  on  median  ;  a  similarly  coloured  wedge  spot  beyond  middle  of 
costa  and  a  .small  spot  below  it  on  inner  margin. Hindwing  white,  outer  one- 
fourth  browii-grey. 

Length  of  forewuig  :    34-39  mm.     Expanse  :    76-88  mm. 

Habitat.  Ilesha,  South  Nigeria  (Captain  Humishrey),  2  <J(J. 

78.  Rifargia  cossoides  spec.  nov. 

S.  Antennae:  shaft  dark  brown,  pectinations  short,  amber-brown  ;  head  and 
thorax  deep  chocolate-brown,  hind  part  of  thorax  pale  greenish  grey,  edge  of 
tegulae  dark  rufous  ;  abdomen  rufous  cinnamon-chocolate,  anal  segment  above 
greenish  grey,  anal  tuft  mixed  greenish  grey  and  rufous. 

Forewing  :  basal  one-third  above  median  fold  deep  chocolate-brown  with  some 
dark  rufous  marks,  a  deep  chocolate-brown  apical  patch  tinged  with  rufous, 
rest  of  wing  greenish  grey  washed  with  brownish  with  a  number  of  more  or  less 
obsolete  double  brownish  sinuate  bands,  a  black  crenulate-angulate  sub- 
terminal  haii-line.^ Hindwing  deep  brownish  chocolate,  a  median  paler  in- 
definite band,  and  a  grey  and  black  tornal  patch.  $  similar  but  paler,  and 
light  part  of  forewing  whitish  grey  with  no  greenish  tinge. 

Length  of  forewing  :    32-38  mm.     Expanse  :    72-87  mm. 

Habitat  Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  May  1906  (S.  M.  Klages),  5  ,S3 
type  ;  Santo  Antonio  do  Javary,  Upper  Amazons,  ^lay  1907  (S.  M.  Klages), 
1  (?  ;  Aroewarwa  Creek,  Maroewym  Valley,  Surinam,  April  1905  (S.  M.  Klages), 
1  (J  ;    Christianeburg,  Rio  Demerara,  British  Guiana,  1  5. 

79.  Rifargia  terebroides  spec.  nov. 

cJ.  This  insect  looks  exactlj'  like  a  melanistic  Cossus  terehra. 

Antennae  serrate,  shaft  black,  serrations  amber-brown  ;  head  and  thorax 
sooty  brown,  two  transverse  black  lines  on  the  tegulae  ;  abdomen  brownish 
cinnamon-chocolate,  first  two  segments  suffused  with  sooty  brown. 

Forewing  olivaceous  cinnamon  suffused,  clouded,  and  patched  with  sooty 
brown,  greyish  moss-green,  and  dark  grey,  giving  the  wing  at  fii'st  sight  a  mummy- 
brown  appearance ;  subbasal  and  antemedian  somewhat  obliterated  double 
crenulate  black  lines,  a  greenish  brown  oval  stigma,  two  double  postmedian 
bands,  the  first  sooty  brown,  sinuate,  reaching  inner  margin  where  it  meets  a 
white  spot,  the  second  black,  convexly  curved,  only  reaching  vein  3,  two  subapical 

black   streaks   and   a  black  crenulate  subterminal  hair-line. Hindwing    dull 

brownish  chocolate. 

Length  of  forewing  :    31  mm.     Expanse  :    70  mm. 

Habitat.  Potaro,  British  Guiana,  Jlay  1908  (S.  M.  Klages),  3  SS  type  ; 
Tumatumari,  British  Guiana,  January  1908  (S.  M.  Klages),  1  S  ',  British  Guiana 
bought  at  Georgetown  (Rev.  M.  \Vhitford),  1  S ;  Aroewarwa  Creek,  Maroewym 
Valley,  Surinam,  March— April  1905  (S.  M.  Klages),  2  <?<?;  Fonte  Boa,  Upper 
Amazons,  October  1906  (S.  M.  Klages),  2  ^S. 

80.  Rifargia  biplaga  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  dark  rufous  brown  ;  head  and  thorax  black-brown,  out  half 
of  tegulae  rufous  brown  ;   abdomen  brownish  cinnamon. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     191".  255 

Forewing  black-brown  slightly  variegated  with  paler  brown  and  olive  ;  basal 
one-thii-d  to  vein  1  deeper  black-brown,  a  basal  dull  cinnamon  patch  below 
vein  1,  a  long  black  apical  streak  and  two  large  lavender-grey  patches  on  vein  1, 

reaching  inner  margin  below  it  and  halfway  to  vein  2  above  it. Hmdwing 

dirty  cinnamon  wood-brown  with  traces  cf  paler  central  cloud-band. 

Length  of  fore'sring  :    32  mm.     Expanse  :    72  mm. 

Habitat.  Tinguri,  Carabaya,  South-east  Peru,  3,400  ft.,  August  1904  (G. 
Ockenden),  4  cJo  type;  La  Oroya,  Carabaya,  3,100  ft.,  September  1905  (G. 
Ockenden),  1  o. 

81.  Rifargia  basiplaga  spec.  nov. 

S  ?.  Antennae  sooty  black  ;  head  and  thorax  chestnut-brown ,  tegulae  and 
patagia  mixed  with  brownish  buff  ;    abdomen  sooty  brown. 

Forewing  :  basal  one-thhd  cinnamon,  rusty  brown  to  vein  1,  edged  and  rayed 
with  rufous  chocolate,  outer  two-thirds  of  wing  and  all  below  vein  1  dark  dull 
brown  ;  above  vein  3  on  outer  two-thirds  of  forewing  densely  suffused  and 
sprmkled  with  whitish  grey,  a  po^tmedian  suiuous  rufous  hah-line  and  black 

termmal  hair-lme. Hindwing  sooty  black-brown,  base  suff"used  slightly  with 

cinnamon. 

Length  of  forewing  :  cj  23-26  mm.,  $  28  mm.  Expanse  :  <J  51-59  mm., 
$  63  mm. 

Habitat.  St.  Jean  de  Maroni,  French  Guiana,  2  $S  type  ;  Potaro,  British 
Guiana,  April — May  1906  (S.  M.  Klages),  2  oo  ;  Rio  Demerara,  British  Guiana, 
2  ??  ;  Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  May — October  1906  (S.  M.  Klages),  5  SS. 

82.  RiJargia  steinbachi  spec.  nov. 

(J.  This  and  the  following  species  are  distinguished  by  their  long,  narrow, 
and  pointed  wings. 

Antennae  amber-brown ;  head  cinnamon-brown ;  thorax  greenish  grey ; 
abdomen  rufous  cinnamon. 

Forewing  rusty  cinnamon  above  median  fold,  shaded  and  clouded  with 
mossy  olive-grey  and  green  ;  outer  one-fifth  of  wing  and  all  below  median  fold 
dark  olive  mouse-grey  ;  a  Ijand  from  base  along  basal  one-thiid  of  median  fold 
and  a  broad  ill-defined  zigzag  cloud-like  band  from  one-fifth  before  apex  obliquely 

to  below  middle  of  median  fold  rusty  brown-black. Hindwing  white  washed 

with  brown  on  termen  and  abdominal  area.  The  Fonte  Boa  3  is  much  more 
rufous  on  forewing,  but  is  much  rubbed. 

Length  of  forewing  :  26  mm.     Expanse  :  59  mm. 

Habitat.  Buenavista,  East  Bolivia,  2,438  ft.,  August  1906— April  1907 
(J.  Steinbach),  1  S  type;  Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  May  1906  (S.  M. 
Klages),  1  (J. 

83.  Rifargia  muscosa  spec.  nov. 

cj.  Antennae  dark  brown,  serrations  amber-yellow  ;  head  chestnut  rufous ; 
tegulae  chestnut  rufous  edged  with  soot-brown  black,  rest  of  thorax  soot- 
brown  black  mixed  with  green-grey ;  abdomen  first  two  segments  chestnut 
rufous,  sides  golden  orange,  rest  of  abdomen  and  anal  tuft  sooty  black  with  a  few 
scattered  yellow  hairs,  lateral  line  except  on  last  two  segments  golden  orange. 


256  NoriTATES    ZOOLOOICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

Forewing  mossy  grey-green  densely  mottled  with  black  and  tinged  in  centre 
with  pale  cinnamon  rose  ;  an  antemedian  double  black  line  and  two  or  indistinct 
postmedian  crenulated  ones,  a  crenulated  marginal  black  line  ;   an  orange  basal 

tuft  below  vein   1. Hindwing  :   centre  grey;  veins  and  portion  dull  brown; 

base  and  abdominal  one-fourth  golden  orange  on  which  is  a  dark  brown  smear. 

Length  of  forewing  :  25  mm.     Expanse  :  57  mm. 

Habitat.  Aroewarwa  Creek,  Maroewym  Valley,  Surinam,  April  1905  (S.  M. 
Klages),  1  (?. 

84.  Rifargia  intermedia  spec.  nov. 

S.  Is  intermediate  between  picta  Schaus  and  merita  Schaus,  having  the 
continuous  median  longitudinal  bard  of  merita  and  pale  band  above  vein  1  of 
ficta,  but  differs  from  both  in  its  golden  buff  coloration. 

Antennae  brown  ;  head  and  thorax  orange  rufous,  patagia  dirty  greenish 
mouse-grey ;  abdomen  yellowish  cinnamon. 

Forewing  vinaceous  cinnamon,  median  band  from  base  of  costa  to  middle 
of  termen  brownish  buff  washed  with  pink  ;  the  band  above  vein  1  buff  washed 

on  outer  half  with  grey. Hindwing  golden  buff  slightly  suffused  with  brown 

on  margin.     ?  larger,  darker;  hindwing  suffused  with  brown. 

Length  of  forewing  :    S  24  mm.,  ?  29  mm.     Expanse  :   S  54  mm.,  ?  64  mm. 

Habitat.  San  Esteban,  Venezuela,  June  1909  (S.  M.  Klages),  5  <J<J,  1  $. 

85.  Anita  gigas  spec.  nov. 

S.  Antennae  black-brown  ;  head  and  thorax  slate-grey  variegated  with 
white  ;   abdomen  slate-grey. 

Forewing  slate-grey  ;  costal  area  and  subbasal  one-fifth  white  streaked  with 
grey  ;  rest  of  wing  with  lines  of  darker  grey  barely  showing  up  from  ground- 
colour ;   a  subterminal  zigzag  black  line. Hindwing  brownish  slate-grey. 

Length  of  forewing  ;  33  mm.     Expanse :  73  mm. 

Habitat.  Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  May  1906  (S.  M.  Klages),  2  So. 

86.  Cargetta  albostigmata  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Antennae:  shaft  cinnamon  grey,  pectinations  black;  head  and  thorax 
sooty  brown-black,  a  few  kregular  marks  more  rusty  ;  abdomen  sooty  grey- 
brown. 

Forewing  sooty  black-brown,  paler  towards  termen,  a  few  darker  lines  near 

base  apparently  of   raised   scales  ;   a  white   spot   at  end   of   cell. Hindwing 

grey -brown. 

Length  of  forewing  :  21  mm.     Expanse :  48  mm. 

Habitat.    Goodenough  Island,  2,500—4,000  ft.,  AprU  1913  (A.  S.  Meek),  1  <J. 

87.  Cargetta  flavibasis  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Anteimae  sooty  black  ;  head  and  palpi  sooty  black-brown  with  buff 
and  white  scales  ;  thorax  sooty  black-brown  ;  abdomen  dark  wood-brown. 

Forewing  sooty  black-brown,  with  some  fauit  traces  of  rusty  markings  ;  a 
black  dot  in  white  ring  below  middle  of  subcosta,  white  dots  along  outer  one- 


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third  of  costa  and  a  subterminal  line  of  similar  dots  and  a  few  one-fourth  from 
termen  ;  three  raised  dots  of  scales  in  centre  of  disc  and  some  patches  of  dark 

green  scales  along  upper  or  costal  portion  of  wing. Hindwing  :   basal  half 

huffish  yellow,  outer  half  sooty  brown-black. 

$.  Similar,  but  has  either  the  forewLng  with  patches  of  dark  green  scales  all 
over  and  a  rusty  patch  beyond  cell  or  entirely  dark  green  with  some  discal  sinuate 
brown-grey  lines. 

Length  of  forewing  :  cj  21-24  mm.,  ?  25-28  mm.  Expanse  :  3  47-53  mm., 
?  55-61  mm. 

Habitat.  Near  Oetakwa  River,  Snow  Mountains,  Dutch  New  Guinea,  up  to 
3,500  ft.,  October— December  1910  (A.  S.  Meek),  1  S  type;  Upper  Setekwa 
River,  Snow  Mountains,  2,000-3,000  ft.,  August  1910  (A.  S.  Meek),  2  $?  ;  Kumusi 
River,  North-east  New  Gumea,  low  elevation.  May  1907  (A.  S.  Meek),  1  <?. 


88.  Cargetta  bipuncta  spec.  nov. 

cJ  ?.  Antennae  brown  ;  head  olive ;  thorax  olive-grey  on  greyish  olive  ; 
abdomen  pale  cinnamon-brown. 

Forewing  pale  olive-green,  subbasal,  antemedian,  and  postmedian  crenulate 
smuous    rusty  cmnamon  bands  edged  with  brown  ;    a  subterminal    crenulate 

brown  line ;  two  white  spots  one  above  the  other  at  end  of  cell. Hindwing 

cinnamon  grey-brown. 

Length  of  forewuig  :  c?  22  mm.,  $  26  mm.     Expanse :    cJ  49  mm.,  $  58  mm. 

Habitat.  Biagi,  Mambare  River,  North-east  British  New  Guinea,  5,000  ft., 
February  1906  (A.  S.  Meek),  1  <J,  1  $  (?  type). 


89.  Tumaca  mediofascia  spec.  nov. 

?.  Antennae  brown ;  head  and  thorax  vinaceous  pink  suffused  with  cinna- 
mon-grey ;    abdomen  chocolate-cinnamon. 

Forewing  :  costal  half  vinaceous  pink  suffused  with  grey  and  freckled  with 
rufous  ;  lower  half  dark  chocolate-cinnamon  freckled  with  grey  ;  a  slightly 
sinuous  rufous  band  from  base  of  cell  to  termen. Hindwing  chocolate- 
cinnamon. 

Length  of  forewing  :  28  mm.     Expanse :  62  mm. 

Habitat.  Khasia  Hills,  Assam,  AprU  1896  (Nat.  coll.),  2  ??. 


90.  Turnaca  phragmatoecioides  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  brown,  pectinations  rufous  ;  head  and  thorax  bufi&sh  brown 
mixed  with  cream  hairs  ;  abdomen  greyish  brown-bufif. 

Forewing  pale  huffish  phiky  grey  suffused  with  darker  grey  below  median  ; 
three  oblique  brown  streak-like  spots  on  costa,  a  few  scattered  shadowy  spots 
on  disc,  and  a  postmedian  curved  line  of  intraneural  black  streaks. Hind- 
wings  white ;  base  and  abdommal  area  buff. 

Length  of  forewing  :  22  mm.     Expanse :  49  mm. 

Habitat.  Luebo,  Kasai  River  (P.  Landbeck),  1  (J. 

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91.  Tumaca  lanuginosa  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Very  woolly ;  anal  tuft  large.  Antennae  brown,  shaft  whitish ;  head 
and  thorax  huffish  grey  washed  with  cinnamon ;  abdomen  pinkish  cinnamon, 
anal  tuft  whitish. 

Forewing  pale  pinkish  cinnamon  washed  with  grey  with  a  number  of  cloud- 
marks  and  freckled  with  rufous  cinnamon  ;  a  postdiscal  lino  of  indLstmct  darker 
dots. Hmdwing  rufous  cinnamon. 

Length  of  forewing  :   21-22  mm.     Expanse  :   47-50  mm. 

Habitat.  Luebo,  Kasai  River  (P.  Landbeck),  1  ,S  type  ;  Akassa  to  Onitsha, 
River  Niger  (Dr.  Cook),   1   <J. 

I 

92.  Tumaca  nigripuncta  spec.  nov. 

<J.  Antennae  rufous  brown  ;  head  and  thorax  grizzled  isabel-grey  ;  abdomen 
isabel-grey,  anal  tuft  grizzled. 

Forewmg  greyish  Isabel ;  costa  and  disc  with  numerous  black-brown  dots, 
a  black  line  from  "base  to  termen  along  median  fold,  two  curved  postdiscal  lines 
of  black-brown  dots. Hindwing  white. 

Length  of  forewing  :    17-21  mm.     Expanse  :  38-48  mm. 

Habitat.  Takwa,  Gold  Coast  (R.  E.  James),  3   c?(J, 

93.  Baradesa  omissa  spec.  nov. 

(J  ?.  Very  similar  to  lithosioides  Moore,  but  smaller  and  duller ;  has  hitherto 
been  confused  with  lithosioides. 

Differs  in  being  duller  above  ;  on  forewmg  the  discal  black  dots  except  a 
single  postmedian  line  are  absent,  stigma  more  clLstinct ;  hindwing  has  brown 
outer  portion  much  narrower ;  the  dark  apex  of  abdomen  does  not  reach  so 
far  up  the  abdomen.     Below  the  nervures  are  dark  not  yellow. 

Length  of  Forewing.  Expanse. 

lithosioides,  S  44-49  mm.,  $  53  mm.        .  .      S  97-107  mm.,  $  115  mm. 

omissa,  S  38-41  mm.,  ?  45  mm.     .  .  .      S  84-90  mm.,  ?  98  mm. 

Habitat.  Khasia  Hills,  Assam  (Nat.  coll.),  7  ,J(J,  1  ?  (type  S) ;  Mount 
Tahan,  Malay  Peninsula  (J.  Waterstradt),  1  3  ;  Gunong  Ijau,  Malay  Penin- 
sula, 1  (J.  (Compared  with  11  JcJ,  3  9$of  lithosioides  from  Buxa  Bhutan,  Sikkim, 
and  Khasia  HUls.) 

94o.  Euhampsonia  niveiceps  occidentalis  subsp.  nov. 

(J.  Differs  from  n.  niveiceps  in  being  much  paler,  and  in  the  markings  on 
the  forewings  being  almost  obsolete. 

Habitat.  North-west  Himalayas;  Kumaon,  July  1893  (J.  G.  Pilcher),  1  i 
type;  Kulu,  1  J;  Dalhousie,  July  1891,  1  S- 

95.  Euhampsonia  magnifica  spec.  nov. 

$.  Antennae  very  large  and  heavily  pectinated,  amber-brown  ;  head  and 
thorax  scarlet,  a  sooty  patch  at  base  and  one  at  edge  of  tegulae,  hindermost 
part  of  thorax  deeper  red ;  abdomen  scarlet,  last  three  segments  vinaceous 
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Forewing  :  basal  one-fifth  scarlet  with  basal  and  subbasal  zigzag  black  lines, 
the  latter  only  to  vein  1  ;  rest  of  wing,  basal  half  brick-red  somewhat  tinged 
with  brown  and  with  two  double  lunate  crenulate  purple-grey  cross-bands  and 
a  small  black  stigma,  outer  half  purplish  sooty  brown-grey  with  a  huffish  yellow 
space  between  veins  4  and  1  just  beyond  middle  of  wing,  1  indistinct  median 
dark  crenulate  line  and  2  postmedian  distinct  ones. Hindwings  bright  brick- 
red  washed  slightly  with  grey  on  outer  one-third. 

Length  of  forewing  :   62  mm.     Expanse  :   136  mm. 

Habitat.  Near  Oetakwa  River,  Snow  Mountains,  Dutch  New  Guinea, 
October— December   1910  (A.  S.  Meek),    1    ?. 

96.  Macronadata  brunnea  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Uniform  mummy-brown  ;  liindwings  paler  ;  antemedian  and  post- 
median  lines  dark  rufous  indistinct,  a  subterminal  line  of  streaks  chocolate 
rufous,  a  large  stigma. 

Length  of  forewing  :  22  mm.     Expanse  :  49  mm. 

Habitat.  Waya,  Lado  Enclave,  June  1912. 

97.  Omichlis  pseudolibatrix  spec.  nov. 

?.  Except  the  red  colouring,  this  species  has  a  general  appearance  of  Sco- 
liopteryx  libatrix. 

Antennae  brown ;  head  brownish  lavender-grey  ;  thorax  pale  wood-brown 
suffused  with  lavender-grey ;  abdomen  pale  sooty  brown. 

Forewings  wood-brown  tinged  with  yellow  ;  a  yellowish  grey  stigma,  on 
basal  half  some  indLstinct  buff  and  dark  subbasal  spots,  and  beyond  these  some 
incomplete  serrated  dark  sinuous  lines  from  costa  to  median  vein,  basal  two-fifths 
of  inner  margin  and  a  large  patch  joining  on  to  it  buff  strongly  freckled  with 
rufous  ;  on  outer  half  an  oblique  sooty  crenulate  line  followed  by  two  curved 

lines  of  sooty  coalescent  lunules  and  a  zigzag  whitish  subterminal  line. Hmd- 

wmg  sooty  grey-brown,  a  buff  and  rufous  patch  on  abdommal  fold  above  tornus. 

Length  of  forewing  :  24  mm.     Expanse  :  53  mm. 

Habitat.  Near  Oetakwa  River,  Snow  Mountains,  Dutch  New  Gumea,  up 
to  3,500  ft.,  October— December  1910  (A.  S.  Meek),  1  ?. 

98.  Omichlis  plusiotis  spec.  nov. 

(J  ?.  Antennae  brown  above,  white  below  ;  head  frons  dark  rufous,  vertex 
white ;  thorax  vinaceous  brown,  patagia  dark  rufous ;  abdomen  sooty  vinaceous 
brown. 

Forewing  vinaceous  yellowish  grey  freckled  with  dull  rufous  and  -nith 
some  indistinct  cloudy  streaks ;  a  subbasal  chocolate  patch  below  vein  1  fol- 
lowed by  a  sUver  line  from  median  fold  to  iimer  margin  consisting  of  two  joined 
silver  moons ;  an  oblique  median  dark  brown  band  between  which  and  the 
silver  line  is  a  rufous  mark,  a  curved  postmedian  dark  sooty  grey  Ime,  and  a 
crenulate  dark  rufous  subterminal  line. ^Hindwing  rufous  chocolate  grey- 
brown,  a  sUver  dot  above  tornus. 

Length  of  forewmg  :    <J  23  mm.,  ?  21  mm.     Expanse  :   S  52  mm.,  ?  47  mm. 

Habitat.  Near    Oetakwa  River,  Snow    Mountains,  Dutch    New  Guinea,  up 


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to  3,500  ft.,  October— December  1910  (A.  S.  Meek),  1  <J  type  ;  Upper  Setekwa 
River,  Snow  Mountains,  2,000-3,000  ft.,  September  1910  (A.  S.  Meek),  1  <?  ;  Ninay 
Valley,  Central  Arfak  Mountain.s,  Dutch  New  Guinea,  3,500  ft.,  November  1908— 
January   1909  (A.  E.  Pratt),    1   ?. 

99.  Omichlis  mediofasciata  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  brown,  shaft  pale  cuinamon  ;  head  mixed  pale  grey  and 
cinnamon  ;  thorax  brownish  cinnamon  washed  with  grey  ;  abdomen  cinnamon- 
brown. 

Forewmg  vinaceous  cinnamon  ;  stigma  pale  rufous,  two  antemedian  and 
one  postmedian  double  darker  lines,  between  the  stigma  and  the  postmedian 
double  line  is  a  sooty  smgle  line  from  below  subcostal  vein  to  inner  margin  ;  a 
heavy  chocolate  rufous  band  from  base  to  termen  at  vem  5  (angle)  along  median. 

Hind  wing  brownish  cinnamon,  some  irregular  rufous-brown  marks  above 

tornus. 

Length  of  forewing  :    22  mm.     Expanse  :     50  mm. 

Habitat.  Biagi,  Mambare  River,  North-east  New  Guinea,  5,000  ft.,  AprU 
1906  (A.  S.  Meek),  2  S3. 

100.  Pachychira  excellens  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Antennae  rufous  ;  head  vinaceous  mauve  ;  thorax  vinaceous  mauve 
passing  into  cream-bufi  behind  ;   abdomen  creamy  white  sufiused  with  mauve. 

Forewing  bright  heliotrope-mauve  with  strong  silvery  gloss  ;  a  buff  stigma, 
a  mauve  luae  from  base  along  median  to  vem  4  where  it  is  sharply  angled  upwards 
and  reaches  apex ;  below  this  line  are  a  number  of  cloudings  giving  a  watered 
silk  appearance  ;  a  subapical  duUer  more  sooty  mauve  patch  ;  there  is  a  large 
projecting  lappet  from  mner  margin. Hindwing  white. 

Length  of  forewing  :    32  mm.     Expanse  :    73  mm. 

Habitat.  Prestea,  70  miles  inland  from  Sekondi,  Gold  Coast. 

101.  Pachychira  olivaceoJusca  spec.  nov. 

5.  Antennae  brown  ;  head  and  thorax  olivaceous  mauve-brown  ;  abdomen 
wood-brown. 

Forewing  mauve-brown,  some  dark  olivaceous  bufi  markings  and  patches 
in  cell  and  on  subterminal  one-third  of  wing  ;    a  deep  chocolate  rufous  band 

runs  from  middle  of  inner  margin  to  just  below  apex. Hmdwmg  wood-brown, 

paler  on  costal  half. 

Length  of  forewing  :    26  mm.     E.xpanse  :     58  mm. 

Habitat.  Moyamba,  Sierra  Leone  (Dr.  Cator),  1  ?. 

102.  Scalmicauda  bisecta  spec.  nov. 

?.  Antennae  dark  brown ;  head  black-brown  freckled  with  lavender-grey ; 
tegulae  black-brown  ;  rest  of  thorax  greyish  cinnamon  mauve  ;  abdomen  dark 
buff. 

Forewing  greyish  cinnamon-mauve,  costal  two-fifths,  a  wedge-shaped  band 
along  postmedian  line,  and  a  patch  behind  tornus  brownish  chocolate  ;  two 
oblique  antemedian  and  an  oppo.sitcly  oblique  postmedian  Ime  whitish,  as  are 


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the  margins  of  a  large  hour-glass-shaped  patch  across  cell  and  a  quadrate  one 

beyond  ;  a  subterminal  row  of  chocolate  and  whitish  lunulate  dots. Hindwmg 

bright  buff. 

Length  of  forewing  :    24  mm.     Expanse  :    55  mm. 

Habitat.  Sierra  Leone  (Major  Bambridge),  1  ?  ;  Assaba  River,  Niger  (Dr. 
Cator),  1  ?. 

103.  Moresa  hieroglyphica  spec.  nov. 

$.  Antennae  bufi,  pectmations  amber-yellow  ;  head  bufi  tinged  with  rust- 
red  ;  thorax  dark  grass-green  ;  abdomen  orange-buff,  suffused  with  rufous  at 
base. 

Forewmg  dark  grass-green  ;  costal  one-fourth  of  wing  buff,  apical  one-fifth 
of  this  salmon-colour  ;  from  cell  partly  coalescing  with  orange-buff  stigma  there 
spreads  a  broad  buff  threefold  band  of  crossed  bars  and  digit-like  bands  to 
termen,  this  band  is  tinged  or  splashed  with  rufous,  a  buff  line  fi'om  it  to  inner 
margin  and  one  to  vein  6. Hindwings  buff  suffused  with  salmon. 

Length  of  forewing  :    32  mm.     Expanse  :    69  mm. 

Habitat.  Teffe,  Amazons,  October  1907  (M.  de  Mathan),  1  ?. 

104.  Moresa  obliquiiascia  spec.  nov. 

cj.  Antennae  brownish  buff ;  head  bright  buff  ■;  thorax  deep  grass-green  ; 
abdomen  salmon-orange. 

Forewing  deep  grass-green  ;  costo-subcostal  area  buff,  outer  half  washed 
with  brown  ;  an  irregular  broad  oblique  bar  from  middle  of  cell  almost  to  tornus 
deeply  notched  at  each  end  buff  with  sooty  grey  splashes. Hindwuig  salmon- 
buff  ;  abdominal  one-third  salmon-colour. 

Length  of  forewing  :    22  mm.     Expanse  :    50  mm. 

Habitat.  St.  Jean  de  Maroni,  French  Guiana,  1  c?. 

105.  Moresa  plumbeiplaga  spec.  nov. 

?.  Antennae  black,  pectinations  amber-yellow  ;  head  buff  ;  thorax  deep 
green  ;  abdomen  brownish  buff. 

Forewing  deep  green,  costal  edge  sooty  black-brown  ;  a  large  irregular 
oblique  brownish  leaden-grey  patch  from  below  middle  of  subcostal  almost  to 
termen  between  vein  4  and  just  below  vem  2j  a  small  white  streak  followed 
by  some  very  minute  white  dots  runs  into  wing  from  costa  about  one-fifth  from 
apex. Hindwing  :  costal  one-thhd  buff,  rest  of  whig  huffish  salmon-pink. 

Length  of  forewing  :    24  mm.     Expanse  :     52  mm. 

Habitat.  St.  Jean  de  Maroni,  French  Guiana,  1  ?. 

106.  Rosema  klagesi  spec.  nov. 

<?.  Antennae  rufous  brown  ;  head  and  thorax  deep  green  ;  abdomen  crimson- 
scarlet. 

Forewing  dark  grass-green,  costo-subcostal  area  buff'  tmged  with  rufous 
and  brown  expanduig  from  base  of  vein  6  and  running  thence  to  termen  along 
this  vein  ;  a  large  oval  pale  olivaceous  apple-green  patch  occupies  the  whig 
from  termen  to  one-third  from  base  and  from  umer  marghi  to  two-thuds  the 


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space  between  veins  1  and  2. Hindwing  white,  costal  one-fifth  salmon-crimson, 

abdominal  one-fourth  buff. 

Length  of  forewing  :    25  mm.     Expanse  :    56  mm. 

Habitat.  Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  May  1906  (S.  M.  Klages),  4  <JcJ. 

107.  Apella  acutidivisa  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Nearest  to  neohule  Druce.  Differs  in  forewing  being  entirely  cinnamon- 
buff  and  the  oblique  band  being  single  not  double  and  deep  maroon  rufous. 
Hindwing  paler  and  rosy  cinnamon. 

Habitat.  St.  Jean  de  Maroni,  French  Guiana,  4  cJo. 

108.  Apella  ovalis  spec.  nov. 

(J  ?.  Antennae  pale  brown  ;  head  bright  rufous  ;  thorax  tegulae  bright 
rufous,  rest  of  thorax  cmnamon-buff  ;    abdomen  yellowish  cinnamon-buff. 

Forewing  :  basal  half  obliquely  cinnamon-buff  faintly  strigillated  with  brown, 
outer  half  cmnamon-brown,  an  oblique  dark  rufous  Ime  from  subcostal  to  tail 
of  inner  margin  separating  the  two  halves  of  the  wing  ;  just  beyond  the  dividing 
rufous  line  is  an  almost  circular  large  cinnamon-grey  patch  just  below  subcostal 
also  faintly  strigillated  with  brown  ;    a  cinnamon-buff  half-moon-shaped  patch 

on  and  below  vein  1  in  the  centre  of  wing  broadly  edged  with  dark  rufous. 

Hindwing  golden  orange-buff. 

Length  of  forewuig  :    16  mm.     Expanse  :    35  mm. 

Habitat.  San  Esteban,  Venezuela,  June  1909  (S.  M.  Klages),  1  S  type; 
Caracas,  Venezuela,   1  $. 

109.  Masehane  costipuncta  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  dark  brown  ;  head  white  suffused  with  brown  ;  thorax 
tegulae  orange-buff,  rest  of  thorax  violaceous  browTi  ;  thorax  rufous  cinnamon 
suffused  with  smoky  brown. 

Forewing  rufous  cmnamon  suffused  with  smoky  violaceous  brown  less 
strongly  on  outer  two-fifths,  costa  strongly  bowed  out  beyond  middle  of  wing, 
a  powdering  of  white  scales  on  ai.d  below  costa  ;   one-third  from  base  a  curved 

maroon-red  patch   runs   into   wing  from  costa. Hindwing  bufhsh  cinnamon 

suffused  with  rufous  cinnamon. 

Some  specimens  are  entirely  rufous  ciimamon  without  the  smcky  brown 
suffusion. 

Length  of  forewing  :    17  mm.     Expanse  :    39  mm. 

Habitat.  Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  May  1906  (S.  M.  Klages),  3  S6  type  ; 
St.  Jean  de  Maroni,  French  Guiana,  Z  SS- 

110.  Dylomia  nubiloviolaceus  spec.  nov. 

(J  ?.  Antennae  rufous  ;  head  buffy  yellow  washed  with  rufous  ;  thorax 
tegulae  buffy  orange,  rest  grey-cinnamon-buff  ;  abdomen  rufous  cinnamon-buff. 

Forewing  golden  buff  ;  costal  and  terminal  area  broadly  maroon-purple, 
on  the  latter  this  colour  is  suddenly  constricted  between  veins  5  and  7  and 
from  veui  5  to  tornus,  bordered  inwardly  by  a  darker  line  ;  a  double  fan-shaped 


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brownish  purple  less  strongly  marked  patch  on  each  side  of  vein  1. Hindwings 

buff  washed  with  purplish  rufous. 

Length  of  forewing  :    16  mm.     Expanse  :    36  mm. 

Habitat.  St.  Jean  de  Maroni,  French  Guiana,  7  S<S  type  ;  St.  Laurent  de 
Maroni  (Le  Moult  pere),  1  S;  Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  June  1906  (S.  M. 
Klages),  3  ?? ;  Aroewarwa  Creek,  Maroewym  Valley,  Suruiam,  May^ — June  1905 
(S.  M.  Klages),  1  ?. 

111.  Hapigia  ruJocinnamomia  spec.  nov. 

!?  9.  Antennae  rufous  ;  head  and  thorax  rufous  cinnamon  strongly  suffused 
with  purplish  vhiaceous  ;  abdomen  sooty  grey -brown. 

Forewmg  violaceous  cinnamon  with  a  buff  antemedian  bandlike  area,  and 
two  postmedian  buff  patchlike  areas,  one  near  tornus  above  which  is  an  orange 
spot,  and  one  near  apex  ;  the  whole  wing  crossed  with  numerous  lines  of  coalescent 
lunules,  some  with  olivaceous  centres  ;  an  olivaceous  stigma  and  olive  sub- 
apical  spot. Hindwmgs  smoky  grey-brown. 

Length  of  forewing  :  S  37  mm.,  ?  47  mm.     Expanse  :  S  82  mm.,  ?  102  mm. 

Habitat.  Potaro,  British  Guiana,  February  1908  (S.  M.  Klages),  3  $S,  1  '? 
((Jtype);  Omai,  British  Guiana,  1  cJ ;  Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  May  1906 
(S.  M.  Klages),  2   <?<?. 

112.  Antaea  pseudosmerinthus  spec.  nov. 

cj.  At  first  sight  resembles  Laothoe  amurensis.  Antennae  yellowish  grey ; 
head  and  thorax  brown-grey  suffused  with  vmaceous,  distal  half  of  patagia 
freckled  with  ash-grey,  a  crimson  smear  at  back  of  thorax  ;  abdomen  dark  grey- 
brown. 

Forewing  pinkish  grey  washed  somewhat  with  vinaceous,  two  antemedian 
lines  whitish  edged  outwardly  with  vinaceous,  an  ovoid  vinaceous  patch  in 
cell  rmged  with  darker  vinaceous  and  then  whitish  ;  at  the  end  of  cell  is  a  large 
looped  line  between  costa  and  median  vein  inside  vmaceous  and  outside  whitish, 
the  distal  arm  of  the  loop  stained  with  scarlet ;  a  postmedian  bent  sinuate  whitish 
line  edged  outwardly  with  vinaceous  ;  a  postdiscal  similar  line  concavely  curved 
and  slightly  crenulate  from  costa  to  vein  4,  strongly  zigzag  from  vem  4  to  vein  1, 
from  above  vem  4  to  vein  1  this  line  is  strongly  stained  with  scarlet  ;  the  termen 
has  a  deep  brown  terminal  line  and  is  deeply  serrated,  from  apex  to  vein  4 
the  wmg  is  truncate  and  concave,  from  vem  4  to  vein  1  it  is  obliquely  cut  off. 
Huidwing  dark  sooty  grey-bro\ra. 

Length  of  forewing  :    43  mm.     Expanse  :    95  mm. 

Habitat.  Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  May  1906  (S.  M.  Klages),  \l  S3 
type  ;  Santo  Antonio  do  Javary,  Upper  Amazons,  June  1907  (S.  M.  Klages), 
I  (J;    Humayta,  Rio  Madeira,  July — September  1906  (W.  Hoiimanns),  1   S. 

Some  specimens  have  some  sooty  patches  on  the  intranervular  spaces 
between  veins  2  and  4. 

113.  Chliora  mediostriga  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Antennae  brown  ;  head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  vinaceous  cinnamon. 

Forewing  brownish    orange-buff  with   numerous    cross-lines  of    vinaceous 

cinnamon  coalescent  lunules  in  basal  and  outer  thirds  of  the  wing  ;  central 


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one-third  of  wing  with  a  broad  band  of  vinaceous  cinnamon  narrowing  to  inner 
margin  from  median  (this  band  is  11  mm.  wide  at  costa  and  5  mm.  at  inner 
margin,  the  outer  edges  are  lunate-crenulate,  and  the  band  encloses  two  buff 
stigmata)  ;    a   double  subterminal  line  of    black  lunules  and  a  black  central 

striga  from  base  to  within  one-fourth  of  termen  along  median  and  vein  4. 

Hindwing  pale  vinaceous  buffy  cinnamon  ;  fringe  buff. 

Length  of  forewing  :    26  mm.     Expanse  :    58  mm. 

Habitat.  Tumatumari,  British  Guiana,  December  1907  (S.  M.  Klages), 
1  (?  type;  Codaljas,  Upper  Amazons,  April  1907  (S.  M.  Klages),  1  <?  ;  Fonte 
Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  November  1906  (S.  M.  Klages),  1  J. 

114.  Hapigiodes  klagesi  spec.  nov. 

cJ.  Antennae  dark  brown  ;  head  and  thorax  violaceous  pomegranate-red  ; 
abdomen  isabel  bufiSsh  washed  with  pale  vinaceous. 

Forewing  purplish  pomegranate-brown  patched  and  suffused  in  several 
places  with  maroon  and  washed  with  violaceous  pink  ;  some  sooty  cloudy  black 
patches  beyond  cell,  and  a  dark  stigma  and  a  black  cloud  patch  occupying  most 
of  wing  below  median  round  and  above  inner  excision  ;  a  curved  postmedian 
indistinct  sooty  hair-line  with  grey  dots,  a  zigzag  subterminal  black  hau--line. 
— ■ — Hindwing  grey-buff. 

Length  of  forewing  :    26  mm.     Expanse  :    57  mm. 

Habitat.  Fonte  Boa,  Upper  Amazons,  July  1907  (S.  M.  Klages),  2  <?<?. 


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PL.    III. 


EXPLANATION  OF  PLATE   III. 


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2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 
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11. 
12. 
13. 
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15. 
16. 
17. 
18. 
19. 
20. 
21. 
22. 
23. 
24. 
25. 
26. 


Psilacron  sericeus  Rothsch. 
Notoplusia  distinguenda  Rothsch. 
Phalera  postaurantia  Rothsch.    . 
Maschane  costi punctata  Rothsch. 
Dyasia  punctata  Rothsch.  . 
Stauropus  glaucoviridis  Rothsch. 
,,  rufescens  Rothsch.  <?  . 

„         purpurascens  Rothsch. 

5»  J»  )) 

Apella  ovalis  Rothsch. 
Moresa  obliquifascia  Rothsch.    - 
Lirimiris  chiinaera  Rothsch. 
Stauropus  nitidus  Rothsch.     $   - 

flavicollis  Rothsch. 

apiculatus  Rothsch.    . 

viridigriseus  Rothsch.   c 
Tachida  cossula  Rothsch. 
Drugera  pallidiflava  Rothsch. 
Dyasia  melanoleuca  Rothsch. 
Dylomia  nubiloviolaceus  Rothsch. 
Stauropus  viridigriseus  Rothsch.  5 
Lepasta  bractea  gigantea  Rothsch. 
Turnaca  nigripuncta  Rothsch.    . 
Stauropus  frugilegus  Rothsch.     - 


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PL.     IV. 


EXPLANATIONS    OF    PLATE    IV. 

(Corrected) 

No.     1.  Gargetta  albostigmata  Rothsch.  (Cargetta  in  text,  err.)  . 

2.  Hapigiodes  klagesi  Rothsch.        ----- 

3.  Oniichlis  jjlusiotis  Rothsch.  ..... 

4.  Bardaxima  castaneobrunnea  Rothsch.  -         -         -         - 

5.  Moresa  IderoglypJiica  Rothsch.   ..... 

6.  Hoplitis  insignifica  Rothsch.       ----- 

7.  Rifargia  hiplaga  Rothsch..  ..... 

8.  Trichomoplata  dimorpha  Rothsch.  $    - 

9.  Lirimiris  elongata  Schaus  ?..... 

10.  ,,  „  orientalis  Rothsch.   cJ     - 

11.  ,,        eurybia  Druce     ...... 

12.  Tarsolepis  japonica  Wileman. 

13.  Gargetta  bipimcia  Rothsch.  {Cargetta  iii  text,  err.) 

14.  Lirimiris  lemoulti  Rothsch.         ----- 

15.  Macronadata  brunnea  Rothsch.  ..... 

16.  Brachychira  olivaceojusca  Rothsch.  (Pac/jyc/z/m  in  text,  err. 


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3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 
10. 
11. 
12. 
13. 
14. 
15. 
16. 
17. 
18. 


Stauropus  notodontina  Rothsch.  . 

,,  hipunctus  Rothsch.  - 
Chadisra  meeki  Rothsch.    . 

,,  albobrunnea  Rothsch.  - 
Hoplilis  dasychiroides  Rothsch.  . 
Chadisra  striata  divisa  Rothsch. 
Naprepa  jiisconuhilata  Rothsch. 

,,       adusta  Rothsch.  - 
Hapigia  rufocinnamomea  Rothsch. 
Pachychira  exceUens  Rothsch. 
Rifargia  terebroides  Rothsch. 
Scalmicauda  bisecta  Rothsch. 
Rhuda  opalistriga  Rothsch.  o 

„  ?     - 

Chadisra  striata  striata  Rothsch. 
Tarsolepis  sericea  Rothsch. 
Chliora  mediostriga  Rothsch. 
Gargetta  flavibasis  Rothsch.  $  (Cargetta  in  text,  err.) 


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PL.    V. 


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EXPLANATIONS   OF   PLATE   VI. 


No.     1.  Trichomoplata  stigmatica  Rothscli.       .  .  .  .  . 

2.  Stanropiis  incisus  Rothsch.  --._.. 

3.  Cascera  variegata  Rothsch.  ...... 

4.  Rifargia  steinhachi  Rothsch.        ------ 

5.  Turnaca  lanuginosa  Rothsch.      ...... 

6.  Cascera  irrorata  irrorata  Rothsch.        -  -         -         .         . 

7.  Euhampsonia    gigantea     (Druce)  =  Euhampsonia    magnifica 
Rothsch.        ...... 

8.  Baradesa  omissa  Rothsch.  -         -         -         - 

9.  ,,  lithosioides  Moore  (for  comparison) 

10.  Antaea  pseudosmerinthtis  Rothsch. 

11.  Hoplitis  curvatula  Rothsch. 

12.  Apella  acutidivisa  Rothsch. 

13.  Chadisra  plagosa  Rothsch. 

14.  Gargetta  flavibasis  Rothsch.  <?  (Cargetta  in  text,  err.) 

15.  Omichlis  mediofasciaia  Rothsch. 

16.  „       pseudolihatrix  Rothsch. 

17.  Cascera  perscripta  Rothsch. 

18.  „      olivacea  olivacea  Rothsch. 

19.  Moresa  plumbeiplaga  Rothsch.   . 


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PL.    VI. 


EXPLANATION   OF   PLATE    VII. 


No.     1. 
2, 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

S. 

9. 
10. 
11. 
12. 
13. 
14. 
15. 
16. 
17. 
18. 


Rifargia  basiplaga  Rothscli. 
Cascera  flavovirens  RothscL. 

„      marginata  Rothsch. 

,,      albiscripta  Rothsch. 
Rifargia  muscosa  Rothsch. 
Hoplitis  cinnamomea  Rothsch.    - 
Malocampa  bucephaloides  Rothsch 

„  pkalernides  Rothsch. 

Rifargia  cossoides  Rothsch. 
Phalera  inexpectata  Rothsch. 
Tarsolepis  rvfohrunnea  Rothsch 


Rifargia  intermedia.  Rothsch. 
Turnaca  tnediofascia  Rothsch.    - 
Rhuda  posttriangnlum  Rothsch. 
Turnaca  pkragmatoecioides  Rothscli. 
Phalera  elongata  Rothsch. 
Rosema  klagesi  Rothsch.    - 


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PL.    VII. 


EXPLANATION   OF   PLATE   VIIl. 


No.     1.  Spalalia  a/finis  Rothscli.    . 
„       2.  „       indislincta  Rothscli. 

,,       3.  Nystalea  nigriplaga  Rothscli. 

„       4.  Antiora  affinis  Rothsch.     - 

,,       5.  Nystalea  ocellata  Rothsch.. 
,,       6.  „        cossoides  Rothsch. 

,,       7.  „        zeuzeroides  Rothsch. 

,,       8.  Trichomoplata  dhnorpha  Rothsch 

„       9.  Eragisa  tenebrosa  Rothsch. 

,,  10.  Lirimiris  mirabilis  Rothsch. 

,,  11.  Bardaxima  molossus  Rothsch. 

,,  12.  Dingera  muscosa  Rothsch. 

„  13.  Stauropus  triplagosus  Rothsch 

,,  14.  „         affinis  Rothsch. 

„  15.  „         7)iediolinea  Rothsch. 

„  16.  Arhacia  postbriiiniea  Roth.sch. 

,,  17.  Dyasia  stigmatica  Rothsch. 

„  18.     Stauropus  germanus  Rothsch.   c 

,,  20.  „  kiicoji/iaetis  Rothsch. 

,,  21.  ,,  viridijiitens  Rothsch. 

,,  22.  ,,  alboviridis  Rothsch. 

,,  23.     Eragisa  basijcra  Rothsch. 

,,  24.     Psilacron  divisa  Rothsch.  - 


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PL.    VIII. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE   XXIV.    1917.  265 

ON  SOME  RALLIDAE. 
By  ERNST   HARTERT,   Ph.D. 

I.   THE  NAME  OP  THE  AFRICAN   "PURPLE  COOT." 

THE  large  African  Purple  Coot  or  Purple  Moorhen — Porphyria  is  next  alHed 
to  the  Moorhen,  and  not  to  the  Coot — ^has  been  known  as  Porphyria  sma- 
ragnotus,  smaragdonotus,  or  inadagascariensis,  which  names  all  refer  to  it,  and  it 
has  also  been  named  chlorynothos,  cldoronotus,  and  aegyptiacus.  In  1894  Sharpe 
introduced  for  it  the  name  Porphyria  porphyria,  pretending  that  it  was  Linne's 
"  Fidica  porphyria  "  of  1766,  and  this  name  was  adapted  by  Reichenow,  in  the 
Vogel  A  frikas,  as  of  1 758  ! 

Linnaeus  {Syst.  Nat.  ed.  x.  i.  p.  152,  1758)  called  Fulica  porphyria  a  bird 
which  he  diagnosed  as  follows  :  "  Fulica  fronte  calva,  corpore  violaceo,  digitis 
simplicibus."  He  quotes  as  his  sources  :  (1)  "  Brown,  Jamaica,  479."  Brown, 
of  course,  described  the  American  species!  (2)  "  Albin,  av.  3,  p.  79,  t.  84." 
Albin  figured  and  described  a  bird  which  is  all  over  uniform  purplish  blue  and 
has  a  white  tail.  This  can  only  be  P.  caeruleus  and  not  the  African  species, 
which  has  a  green  back.  Albin  does  not  say  where  the  home  of  his  bird  was, 
but  refers  to  the  one  described  by  Plinius,  Gesner,  and  Aldrovandus,  who  must 
all  have  had  P.  caeruleus  in  their  mind,  though  they  mostly  described  it  from 
pictures  only.  (3)  "Raj.  av.  116,  n.  13."  Ray  says  he  only  saw  pictures  and 
does  not  know  if  the  bird  really  existed.  "  An  detur  hujusmodi  avis  dubita- 
tur  ?  "  (4)  "  Edwards,  av.  87,  t.  87."  Edwards  figures  and  describes  a  bird 
which  was  all  over  "of  a  fine  blue,  inclining  to  violet."  He  gives  no  locality, 
but  says  a  Mr.  Bell  told  him  he  had  seen  male  birds  in  China.  (5)  "  Dodart. 
act.  3,  p.  30  ?  "  I  have  not  seen  this  book,  but  Dodart  had,  so  far  as  I  know, 
only  black-and-white  figures  and  no  text ;  moreover,  as  Linne  queried  his  figure, 
this  quotation  is  of  no  avail. 

Last  but  not  least  :    Linne  said  :  "  Habitat  in  Asia,  America." 

In  1766  (Syst.  Nat.  ed.  xii.  i.  p.  258)  Linne  described  his  F.  porphyria 
as  corpore  viridi,  subtus  violaceo,  and  added  some  more  quotations,  Bellonius, 
Gesner,  Aldrovandus,  Clusius,  Willoughby,  and  Brisson.  Most  of  these  were 
compilators  who  referred  to  the  bird  described  by  Phnius,  Gesner,  Aldrovandus, 
but  Brisson  gave  a  description  of  a  bird  with  a  green  back  which  he  says  came 
from  Cayenne,  though  it  seems  that  he  reaUy  did  describe  an  African  specimen, 
as  he  says  it  is  nearly  as  large  as  a  fowl,  and  afterwards  the  "  Petite  Poule  Sul- 
tane,"  also  from  Cayenne.  In  any  case,  this  cannot  alter  the  meaning  of  Linne's 
"  Fulica  porphyria,"  of  which  in  1 766  he  said,  "  Habitat  in  India  Asiae,  Americae." 

It  is  thus  clear  that  Linne's  "  Porphyria  ""  of  1758  was  a  mixture  of  the 
South  American  Porphyria  martinica  and  the  Mediterranean  P.  caeruletis,  but 
has  absolutely  nothing  to  do  with  the  African  species.  There  is  therefore  no 
justification  whatever  for  adopting  this  name  for  the  African  species. 

In  1766  Linne  altered  his  diagnosis,  and  described  a  sijecies  with  a  green 
back,  but  as  he  did  not  mention  the  size  and  says  no  word  of  the  occurrence 
in  Africa,  that  may  just  as  well  refer  to  the  American  species.    Therefore  even 


266  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

Sharpe,  who  disregarded  the  description  of  1758,  because  he  began  his  nomen- 
clature with  the  year  1766,  should  not  have  adopted  Linne's  name  for  the  African 
species. 

The  oldest  available  name  for  the  latter  is  Fulica  madagascariensis  Latham, 
1801.  As  there  seems  to  be  no  difference  between  African  and  Madagascar 
specimens,  this  name  covers  them  both,  and  the  change  proposed  by  Sharpe  and 
Reichenow  need  not  take  place. 

II.    PORPHYRIO  POLIOCEPHALUS  CASPIUS  SUBSP.  NOV. 

While  there  is  evidently  no  difference  whatever  in  colour,  I  find  that  the 
tropical  (Indian)  form  of  Porphyria  poliocephalus  is  smaller  than  the  palaearctic 
one  from  the  shores  of  the  Caspian  and  Persia. 

Of  the  Indian  form  there  is  a  large  series  in  the  British  Museum  fcf.  Cat. 
B.  Brit.  Mus.  xxiii.  p.  199),  and  their  wings  measure  240-269  mm.  Unfor- 
tunately, quite  a  number  are  not  sexed  at  all,  and  some  apparently  not  correctly, 
but,  taking  one  or  two  errors  for  granted,  it  seems  that  the  males  measure  from 
257-269,  females  240-256  mm.  There  are  only  four  Ceylon  skins,  and  their 
wings  measure  240-243  mm.,  in  one,  but  perhaps  abnormally,  only  230  mm.,  but 
Legge  gives  the  same  length  !  It  would  thus  seem  that  the  Ceylon  birds  are 
smaller  again,  but  a  larger  series  must  be  measured  in  order  to  verify  this 
supposition. 

Of  the  Irano-Caspian  form  I  have  measured  five  skins  from  Lenkoran  and 
eleven  from  East  Persia,  and  find  that  they  measure  259-286  mm.  in  the  wing 
—i.e.  SS  270-286,  $?  259-266  mm. 

There  is  thus,  if  specimens  of  similar  sex  are  compared,  a  close  approach, 
but  not  even  an  overlapping,  and  the  two  forms  must  therefore  be  separated. 

The  Indian  bird  was  named  Gallinula  poliocephala  by  Latham  (Ind.  Orn. 
Suppl.  p.  Ixviii.  1801),  and  again  Porphyria  neglectus  by  Schlegel  {Mus.  Pays- 
Bas,  Ralli,  p.  53,  1865). 

The  larger  Caspian  and  Persian  form  has  no  name..  It  is  frequently  called 
"  Porphyria  veterum,"  but  this  is  not  correct.  S.  G.  Gmelin  {Reise  (lurch  Rnss- 
land,  iii.  p.  79,  pi.  12,  1774)  tells  us  of  the  occurrence  of  the  Purple  Coot  in  North 
Persia,  and  give  an  uncoloured  figure  of  it.  He  thought  this  bird  was  the  Por- 
phyria of  the  older  writers,  and  does  not,  therefore,  give  it  a  name.  In  a  footnote 
he  says  that  it  is  the  Porphijrio  veterum,  meaning  the  Porphyria  of  the  old  authors, 
and  recapitulates  the  diagnoses  of  Klein,  Brown,  and  Linne,  of  their  Porphyria. 
These  authors,  however,  had  different  birds  in  mind,  and  the  name  veterum 
has  therefore  no  standing ;  besides  that,  it  was  not  meant  to  be  a  name. 
I  therefore  propose  for  the  large  form  the  name — 

Porphyrio  poliocephalus  caspius  subsp.  nov. 

because  it  chiefly  inhabits  the  basin  of  the  Caspian. 
Type  :  S  ad.,  Lenkoran,  in  the  Tring  Museum. 
We  must  distinguish  the  following  palaearctic  Porphyrio: 

1.  Porphyrio  caeruleus  (Vandelli). 
South  Portugal  and  Spain,  Marocco,  Algeria,  Tunisia,  Sardinia,  and  Sicily, 
formerly  Balearic  Isles  and  Malta.     It  was  probably  this  species  which  occurred, 


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according  to  Geoft'roy  St.  Hilaire  and  Erliard,  over  half  a  century  ago  in  Greece, 
in  the  swamps  of  Osman-Aga,  the  plain  of  Helos,  on  the  lakes  Dystos  and  Kopai, 
but  it  might  possibly  have  been  another  species. 

2.  Porphyria  madagascariensis  (Ijath. 

Madagascar  and  Africa  to  the  Sahara,  in  Egypt  along  the  Nile  to  Fajmm, 
Lake  Menzaleh  and  Alexandria. 

3.  Porphyria  poliacephalus  caspius  Hart. 

Wings  :    S  270-286,  ?  258-266  mm. 

Shores  of  Caspian,  very  numerous  at  Lenkoran,  rare  in  the  Volga  delta, 
in  Persia,  especially  in  Seistan,  East  Persia,  in  Mesopotamia,  and  probably 
Afghanistan,  from  where  only  one  unsexed  specimen  could  be  measured. 

3a.  Porphyria  paliocephalus  poliacephalus  (Lath.). 

Wings  :    <J  257-269,  ?  240-256  mm. 

India  from  Ceylon  to  the  Himalaya,  Burma  to  Tenasserim. 

Possibly  the  Ceylon  form  smaller  again  ? 

4.  Porphyria  alleni  Thomps. 

Tropical  Africa,  as  a  straggler  once  Alexandria,  twice  Sicily,  twice  Lucca 
in  Italy,  a  number  of  times  on  the  Azores,  once  in  Madeira,  once  on  the  Mar 
Menor  south-east  of  Murcia,  in  December  1902  near  Bizerta  in  Tunisia,  in 
December  1902  near  Mazagan  in  West  Marocco,  in  January  1902  at  sea  near 
Yarmouth. 

It  is  certainly  very  remarkable  that  a  species  which  breeds  south  of  the 
Sahara  should  occur  so  frequently  in  Europe,  and  I  do  not  think  that  it  is 
impossible  that  it  occurs  regularly  and  nests  in  Southern  Marocco,  which  is,  so  far, 
not  at  all  thoroughly  explored.  It  might  thus  belong  to  the  birds  which,  Uke 
the  Telephonus,  Pycnonatus  barbatus,  Asia  capensis  tingitanus,  Melierax  canorus 
metabates,  Francalinus  bicalcaratus  (subsp.),  and  Streptopelia  senegalensis  phoenico- 
phila,  have  extended  their  range  from  the  Senegal  along  the  coast  to  Africa 
Minor,  where  most  of  them  became  changed  into  distinct  subspecies. 

III.    THE  FORMS  OF  GALLINULA  CHL0R0PU8. 

The  "  Moorhen  "  or  "  Water-hen,"  being  very  widely  spread,  and  in  most 
countries  not  or  only  partially  migratory,  offers  a  very  interesting  subject  for 
the  study  of  geographical  variation.  As  usual,  series  from  many  breeding-areas 
are  not  available,  but  from  the  material  I  was  able  to  compare  I  am  convinced 
that  we  can  distinguish  the  following  races  : 

1.  Gallinula  chloiopus  chloropus  (L.). 

Fulica  chloropus  Linnaeus,  Syst.  Nat.  ed.  x.  i.  p.  152  (1758—"  Habitat  in  Europa."     Restricted 
terra  typica,  from  the  first  quotation,  England). 

Outward  appearance  of  wings  olive-brown.  Wings:  S  175-188,  ?  165- 
176  mm. 

Europe  generally  from  Norway  and  Russia  to  the  Mediterranean,  east- 


268  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

wards  to  Turkestan,  and  North  Africa,  north  of  the  Sahara.  I  am  not  able 
to  say  whether  the  specimens  obtained  in  Dauria  (Tran-sbaikaUa)  belong  to 
this  form  or  to  the  Chinese  one.  Wholly  or  partially  migratory  in  the  northern 
portions  of  its  area.     (Series  from  North  Africa  not  available.) 

2.  Gallinula  chloropus  parvifrons  Blyth. 

Oalliniila  parvijrons  Blyth,  Journ.  As.  Soc.  Bengal,  xii.  p.  180  (1843 — Calcutta). 
(?  Gallinula  burnesi  Blyth,  op.  cit.  xxiii.  p.  737,  1854.     Described  from  a  drawing  which  presents 
no  white  under  tail-coverts  and  no  white  stripes  on  the  flanks.    From  Kabul.) 

In  every  way  like  G.  c.  chloropus,  but  smaller,  wings  shorter.  Wings  :  (J 
156-176,  sometimes  to  182,  ?  155-165  mm. 

India,  south  to  Ceylon,  eastwards  through  China  to  the  Eiu-Kiu  (Loo- 
Choo)  Islands,  and  Japan,  where  it  is,  however,  by  no  means  common.  Pro- 
bably Thibet  specimens  belong  to  this  race,  too.  Of.  C.  H.  B.  Grant,  Ibis, 
1915,  p.  48. 

3.  Gallinula  chloropus  orientalis  Horsf. 

Oallinula  orientalis  Horsfield,  Trans.  Linn.  Soc.  London,  xiii.  p.  195  (1820 — Java). 

Easily  distinguishable  by  its  bluish  slate-coloured  upper  wing-coverts, 
which  lack  the  oHvaceous  brown  edges  which  are  found  in  G.  c.  chloropus  and 
other  races.     Wings  short,  145-167  mm. 

Java,  Sumatra,  Malay  Peninsula  ;  Celebes  (rare).  Specimens  from  the 
Philippine  Islands  seem  mostly  to  belong  to  this  form,  but  some  have  the  wings 
much  bro^vner.  Their  wings  are  sometimes  longer  than  in  G.  c.  orientalis.  They 
stand  thus  somewhat  between  G.  c.  orientalis  and  parvifrons  and  resemble  G.  c. 
guami.     Unfortunately  not  many  specimens  could  be  examined. 

4.  Gallinula  chloropus  guami  subsp.  nov. 

Upper  wing-coverts  darker  than  in  G.  c.  chloropus  and  parvifrons,  with 
very  little  olive-brown,  but  not  uniform  slate-colour  as  in  orientalis.  Wings  : 
(J  ?  165-175,  exceptionally  as  long  as  180  mm. 

Island  of  Guam,  Marianne  Islands. 

Type:  <J  ad.,  Guam,  11.  xii.  1894.  Collected  by  the  late  Alan  Owston's 
Japanese  collectors.     In  the  Tring  Museum. 

I  have  examined  thirty-six  examples  from  Guam.  Cf.  Nov.  Zool.  1898, 
pp.  62-64,  where  I  not  only  described  the  status  of  the  Moorhen  on  Guam, 
but  also  discussed  some  of  the  other  forms  of  Gallinula.  That  short  review, 
however,  was  very  incomplete  and  faultj',  and  docs  not  favourably  compare 
with  our  present  knowledge. 

5.  Gallinula  chloropus  brachyptera  (Brehm). 

Stagnicola  brachyptera  Brehm,  Vogelfang,  p.  331  (1855 — "  Mittelafrika  "). 

(Mr.  C.  H.  B.  Grant  [Ibis,  1915,  p.  48]  adopts  for  this  race  Brehm's  name 
tneridionalis,  published  on  the  same  page,  one  line  above  brachyptera.  I  cannot 
follow  this  ;  Brehm  said  it  had  the  edge  of  the  wing  and  under  wing-coverts 
ferrugineous  ("rostfarben  "),  which  is  not  the  case  in  any  Gullimtla  chloropus, 


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nor  is  there  a  specimen  in  the  Brehm  Collection  from  which  this  description  could 
be  taken.) 

Very  similar  to  G.  c.  orientalis,  but  toes  and  tarsus  as  a  rule  distinctly  shorter, 
sometimes  however  diificult  to  distinguish.     Wings  about  150-175  mm. 

Tropical  Africa  to  Cape  Colony,  St.  Thome  and  Annobon.  Also  the  Sey- 
chelle  Islands,  PrasHn,  He  aux  Fous,  St.  Digne,  and  probably  He  Aride.  The 
four  skins  from  He  Aride  have  the  under  tail-coverts  more  or  less  buS,  almost 
as  in  pyrrhorhoa,  and  the  wings  are  rather  shorter  than  in  the  majority  of  brachyp- 
tera.  I  believe,  however,  that  they  must  all  be  females,  though  sexed  as  males, 
but  the  collector,  Thibault,  was  not  reliable  in  that  respect.  Curiously  the 
upper  wing-coverts  are  also  rather  more  brownish  than  they  usually  are  in 
brachyptera.  It  is  hardly  credible  that  on  the  small  islet  called  He  Aride,  close 
to  the  He  aux  Fous,  a  special  form  should  exist  ! 

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6.  Gallinula  chloropus  pyrrhorhoa  Newt. 

Gallinula  pyrrhorhoa  Newton,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  London,  1861,  p.  18  (Mauritius). 

Under  tail-coverts  always  distinctly  deep  buff.  In  other  subspecies,  chiefly 
in  G.  c.  chloropus,  the  lateral  under  tail-coverts  are  sometimes,  especially  in 
freshly  moulted  autumn  specimens,  more  or  less  buff,  but  not  regularly  and 
so  intensely  as  in  this  form. 

Mauritius,  Reunion,  and  Madagascar. 

7.  Gallinula  chloropus  sandvicensis  Streets. 

Gallinula  sandvicensis  Streets,  Ibis,  1877,  p.  2.5  (Oahu). 

At  once  recognisable  by  the  extended  frontal  shield  in  old  birds.  Toes 
rather  short  and  slender,  more  red  in  front  of  tarsus. 

Sandwich  Islands.  Though  better  differentiated  than  most  other  forms, 
after  all  only  subspecies  according  to  my  present  views. 

8.  Gallinula  chloropus  galeata  (Licht.). 

Crex  galeata  Lichtenstein,  Verz.  Doubl.  Mus.  Berlin,  p.  80  (1823 — Sao  Paulo,  Brazil). 

Easily  recognisable  by  the  widely  extended  frontal  shield,  which  is  truncate 
(not  rounded)  behind. 

Southern  Brazil,  Paraguay,  Uruguay,  Northern  Argentina,  Eastern  Bolivia. 

9.  Gallinula  chloropus  pauxilla  Bangs. 

Gallinnla  chloropus  pauxilla  Outram  Bangs,  Proc.  New  England  Zool.  Club,  v.  p.  96  (1915 — West 
Colombia). 

Like  G.  c.  galeata,  but  much  smaller. 

West  Colombia,  probably  also  West  Ecuador,  and  perhaps  even  farther 
south. 

10.  Gallinula  chloropus  cachinnans  Bangs. 

Gallinula  chloropus  carchinnans  Bangs,  Proc.  New  England  Zool.  Club,  v.  p.  96  (1915 — North  America. 
Type  Florida). 

Easily  separable  by  the  colour  of  the  back  and  scapulars,  which  are  cf  a 
more  or  less  reddish  brown,  though  variable,  according  to  Bangs,  from  "  argus 


270  NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE    XXIV.     1917. 

brown"  through  "Brussels  brown"  to  "raw  umber."  "In  most  fully  adult 
individuals  the  whole  back,  rump  and  wings,  except  lesser  coverts,  are  brown." 
Size  and  proportions  as  in  G.  c.  galeata.     Wings,  169-178  mm. 

"North  temperate  Eastern  and  Central  North  America,  south  to  Nicaragua, 
and  as  a  rare  straggler  to  Costa  Rica  ;  Bermudas  ;  Greater  Antilles  ;  Northern 
Lesser  Antilles ;  Bahamas,  rare  and  local ;  an  isolated  colony  in  California 
and  another  at  Cape  San  Lucas"  (Bangs,  I.e.). 

Specimens  from  the  Galapagos  Islands  appear  to  be  inseparable  for  the 
present,  but  a  larger  series  would  probably  show  them  to  be  a  smaller  sub- 
species ! 

Bangs  {I.e.,  p.  98)  separated,  from  comparison  of  two  specimens,  a  race  from 
S.  Lucia,  Lesser  Antilles,  a.s — 

Oallinula  chloropus  cerceris. 

A  specimen  in  the  Tring  Museum,  collected  on  S.  Lucia  by  Selwyn  Branch, 
agrees  with  other  West  Indian  specimens,  and  shows  nothing  of  the  characters 
on  which  Bangs  founded  his  cerceris.  I  therefore  believe  that  G.  c.  cerceris 
should  be  regarded  as  a  synonym,  and  that  the  type  is  abnormal.  Bangs's 
second  specimen  is  immature. 


11.  Gallinula  chloropus  garmani  Allen. 

GaUinula  garmani  Allen,  Bull.  Mus.  Comp.  Zool.  iii.  p.  357  (1876 — Lake  Titicaca). 

Much  larger  than  other  American  forms,  upperside  very  dark. 

Lake  Titicaca  in  Southern  Peru.  According  to  Bangs  also  in  Western 
BoUvia  and  Chile.  This  may  be  correct,  but  specimens  from  Eastern  Bohvia 
which  I  examined  belong  to  G.  c.  galeata. 

It  seems  doubtful  if  Gallinula  frontata  Wall.  (G.  frontata  Wallace,  Proc. 
Zool.  Soc.  London,  1863,  p.  35,  Buru)  should  be  included  in  the  subspecies  of 
Gall,  chloropus.  It  is  easily  separable,  besides  other  details,  from  all  other 
forms  by  the  red  legs  and  larger  bill,  with  more  extended  frontal  shield.  These 
difEerences,  though  obvious,  would  not  deter  me  from  calling  it  G.  chloropus 
frontata,  but  it  seems  to  occur  together  with  G.  c.  orientalis,  in  Celebes.  I  think, 
therefore,  that  we  must  await  further  investigations,  before  treating  it  as  a 
form  of  G.  chloropus,  though  Stresemann  (Novetates  Zoologic.\e,  1914,  p.  55) 
did  it  without  hesitation.  G.  frontata  seems  to  be  rare  on  Celebes,  and  so  does 
O.  c.  orientalis,  and  it  may  be  that  either  of  them  is  only  an  occasional  straggler 
on  the  great  island,  but  this  is  not  yet  certain.  Besides  Celebes,  G.  frontata 
occurs  on  Buru,  Ceram,  Amboina,  New  Guinea,  Sumba,  Flores,  and  Borneo, 
but  on  the  latter  almost  certainly  as  an  exceptional  straggler,  if  the  record  is 
correct. 

LITERATURE   ON  THE   FORMS   OF  GALLINULA   CHLOROPUS. 


1894 
1894 
1915 
1915 


Sharpe,  Cat.  B.  Brit.  Mus.  xxiii.  pp,   168-180. 

Hartert,  Nov.  Zool.  v.  pp.  62-64. 

Claude  H.  B.  Grant,  Ihis,  pp.  47-49. 

Outram  Bangs,  Proc.  New  England  Zool.  Club,  v.  pp.  93-99  (review 


of  the  American  forms). 


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IV.    THE  FORMS   OF  PORZANA   FUSCA  (L.). 

In  the  Cat.  B.  Brit.  Mtis.  xxiii.  pp.  146-148,  Sharpe  united  the  various 
forms  of  this  species,  only  separating  phaeopygiis,  because  he  did  not  know  it, 
or  he  would  undoubtedly  not  have  kept  it  as  another  species. 

Sharpe  admitted  that  the  species  "varies  considerably  in  size,"  but  con- 
cluded that  "  it  would  seem  impossible  to  recognise  more  than  one  form."  He 
gave  some  measurements  which  clearly  showed  that  specimens  from  South 
India  and  Ceylon  and  likewise  those  from  the  Philippines  are  smaller  than 
birds  from  Northern  India  on  the  one  hand  and  from  China  and  Japan  on  the 
other. 

It  is  impossible,  according  to  present  ideas,  to  unite  all  these  forms,  nor 
are  they,  of  course,  "  species,"  but  clearly  "  subspecies,"  though  their  present 
knowledge  is  not  final,  and  the  distribution  of  some  of  the  forms  not  clear  and 
somewhat  peculiar. 

Linnaeus  described  the  bird  from  Brisson,  who  had  it  from  the  Philippines. 
The  PhiUppine  form  is  therefore  Porzana  fusca  fusca  (L.).  As  birds  from  Java 
are  not  separable  from  the  latter,  Temminck's  Rallus  rubiginosus,  described 
from  Java,  is  a  synonym. 

'' Zapornia  flammiceps"  Hodgson,  Gray's  Zool.  Misc.  p.  86  (1844),  is  a 
nomen  nudum,  and  I  consider  the  name  too  unsuitable  to  adopt  it  for  the  North 
Indian  form. 

I  distinguish  the  following  forms  : 

1.  Porzana  Jusca  erythrothorax  (Temm.  &  Schleg.). 

Gallinula  erythrothorax  Temminck  &  Schlegel,  Siebold's  Fauna  Japan,  Aves,  p.  121.  pi.  28  (1849 — 
Japan). 

Forehead  to  about  middle  of  eyes  or  greater  part  of  crown  rufous  ;  upper- 
side  dark  olive-brown,  in  fresh  plumage  with  rusty  tinge.  Underside  and  fore- 
head as  a  rule  less  deep,  paler  rufous,  than  in  allied  forms.  Larger,  wings  105- 
120  mm.  {thirty-five  measured). 

Japan  from  Yesso  to  Kiushiu  and  Yak